The set arrives on November 14th
Trailblazing country artist Orville Peck releases his new single “Drift Away” and announces his highly anticipated forthcoming project, The Appaloosa EP, out November 14th via Warner Records. With cinematic flair and sky-scraping vocals, “Drift Away” is an invitation to escape the mundane and a powerful start to a new era.
“Drift Away” opens on a lonesome guitar and Peck’s iconic voice as he paints a vivid picture of small-town ennui in the post-pandemic era: “Watch the kids ridin’ shotgun roads, in ’21 all the movies closed, high and dry they got nowhere else to go.” He captures the restlessness of youth and the quest for belonging, before offering relief on the soaring chorus: “It’s not about gettin’ out, it’s about lettin’ go, don’t ya know? Drift away with me, drift away with me.” The huge hook is cowboy crooner gold, with a little Pixies and Elvis Presley thrown in for good measure.
The new music lands during an incredibly momentous year for Peck. Next month, he’s throwing his 7th Annual Rodeo, running November 14-16 in Pioneertown, CA, at Pappy & Harriet’s, and featuring performances from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Joy Oladokun, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Allison Russell, and more. Beyond curating the entire experience — which includes nightly afterparties and a drag brunch hosted by Meatball — Peck will play a different set each day, notably headlining on Saturday, November 15th.
Peck has also been making massive inroads on stage and screen, having just wrapped filming on the star-studded 2026 Street Fighter movie, in which he plays the masked assassin Vega. Moreover, this summer he made his Broadway debut in a five-month, 128-show run of Cabaret.
“Drift Away” is notably Peck’s return to solo songcraft. In recent months, he’s teamed up with Noah Cyrus for “Love Is a Canyon,” and Kesha for “Tennessee,” also featuring Hudson Mohawke and Tayla Parx. The latter will appear on the album All Things Go: 10 Years, out November 7th, with all proceeds benefitting Jack and Rachel Antonoff’s The Ally Coalition.
Last year, Peck dropped his eclectic and acclaimed duets album Stampede, featuring collaborations with Kylie Minogue and Diplo on “Midnight Ride,” Beck on “Death Valley High,” and Willie Nelson for a cover of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other.” The project pushes the boundaries of country by creating a unique, genre-blurring blend of styles with each artist on the guest list, which also includes Elton John, Teddy Swims, Midland, Margo Price, Molly Tuttle, Cyrus, Rateliff, Russell, and many, many more.
