Kacey Musgraves: an album born from the longest celibacy of her life

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Kacey Musgraves announces her new album Middle of Nowhere, due May 1, with the single “Dry Spell” and collaborations with Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert and Billy Strings

A few days after sowing clues on social networks, Kacey Musgraves is officially back — more raw and frontal than ever.

The singer unveiled the single “Dry Spell”a country confession as funny as it is universal about the lack of sex. “It's been a real long 335 days / And the last time, it wasn't good anyway”she sings. “I'm so lonely / Lonely with a capital 'H,' if you know what I mean / I've been sitting on the washing machine. » The clip, directed by Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis, shows her wandering solitary through the aisles of a supermarket.

The track is the first taste of Middle of NowhereMusgraves' sixth studio album, due May 1st from Lost Highway Records. The 13-track tracklist includes collaborations with Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings and Gregory Alan Isakov.

“Being alone, for the first time, seemed incredible to me”

And to add: “I ended up feeling completely at home in this 'middle of nowhere', both literally and figuratively. I had a lot of time for creative wandering, to look at myself differently: horses, humor, writing with my first collaborators, and my simple and inspired life between Texas, Tennessee and Mexico. »

Musgraves produced Middle of Nowhere with his long-time accomplices Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. The album's title comes from a sign spotted in his hometown of Golden, Texas — “Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere” — a town of less than 300 inhabitants.

Homecoming at Lost Highway

Tracklist of Middle of Nowhere

1. “Middle of Nowhere”
2. “Dry Spell”
3. “Back on the Wagon”
4. “I Believe in Ghosts”
5. “Abilene”
6. “Coyote” feat. Gregory Alan Isakov
7. “Loneliest Girl”
8. “Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy” feat. Billy Strings
9. “Horses and Divorces” feat. Miranda Lambert
10. “Uncertain, Texas” feat. Willie Nelson
11. “Rhinestoned”
12. “Mexico Honey”
13. “Hell on Me”

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