Medium Build’s Highly Anticipated Debut Full Length Album Country Out Now

In celebration, the artist is debuting the official video for the album track “Stick Around"

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Medium Build’s highly anticipated new album Country is out today on slowplay/Island Records/Universal Music Canada.

Listen to the album HERE.

In celebration, the artist is debuting the official video for the album track “Stick Around;” watch/share it HERE.  “I hope people take a second to think about the loved ones that gave them reasons to stay alive,” details Medium Build of the new song. “Sometimes it’s someone you maynot even be with anymore, but for a brief moment your life intersected and their little life changed ur dna and convinced you to keep going for a while.”

Country finds singer-songwriter Nick Carpenter—aka Medium Build—wrestling with the idea of home across the album’s twelve songs. Born in Georgia with a close relationship to his Southern roots, the artist now splits his time between hometowns in Anchorage, Alaska and Nashville, Tennessee. “I wanted this album to have my goddamn DNA on it,” Nick details. “I wanted Country to have a human touch. I want Country to be something you love with and dance with and cry with and sleep with and lean into.” Fittingly, the album was recorded on Nashville’s Music Row alongside creative partner Laiko, where the two experimented with genre and style. “We made the album we wanted to make,” Nick says. “It’s so easy to get back in touch with yourself if you can throw off the heavy cloak of duty and just do something that feels good.” Identifying as queer, Nick draws inspiration from his own exploration of sexual identity and sonically blends classic country, ’80s new wave, ‘90s rap and hip-hop.

Leading up to the release, Medium Build has previously shared the album tracks “Knowing U Exist,” “Cutting Thru The Country,” “Crying Over U” and “In My Room.” Medium Build is set to open for Tyler Childers on a pair of sold-out shows in Los Angeles and San Diego this April, followed by a headline tour in support of the new music. The headline dates kick off May 14 in St. Louis and include stops across North America in DenverSeattleChicagoAtlantaPhiladelphiaBostonTorontoNew York CityWashington D.C. and more, with a number of the dates already sold-out. He is also set to play at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza; see below for a complete list of dates.

Creating Medium Build in 2015, Nick has gone on to release five studio albums to date. He has become a favorite across the creative community, with artists including John MayerZach BryanElton JohnBoygenius and more counting themselves amongst his fans. He has toured with the likes of Lewis CapaldiFINNEASHolly Humberstone and Briston Maroney, and found himself in a highly coveted slot on Zane Lowe’s Artists to Watch 2024 list. In 2023, his collaboration with Ambassadors on “Friend For Life” found him entering the Billboard charts for the first time.

MEDIUM BUILD
Country—LP Tracklist

MEDIUM BUILD
TOUR DATES
April 5—Viejas Arena—San Diego, CA*
April 6—The Kia Forum—Inglewood, CA*
April 21—Alyeska Resort—Girdwood, AK
May 14—Off Broadway—St. Louis, MO ‡
May 15—recordBAR—Kansas City, MO ‡
May 17—Bluebird Theater—Denver, CO ‡
May 18—Bluebird Theater—Denver, CO ‡
May 20—The Rebel Lounge—Phoenix, AZ ‡
May 21—Music Box—San Diego, CA ‡
May 24—Troubadour—West Hollywood, CA ‡
May 25—The Independent—San Francisco, CA ‡
May 28—Biltmore Cabaret—Vancouver, BC ‡
May 30—Neumos—Seattle, WA ‡
May 31—Neumos—Seattle, WA ‡
June 1—Wonder Ballroom—Portland, OR ‡
June 3—Soundwell—Salt Lake City, UT §
June 5—Wooly’s—Des Moines, IA §
June 6—Fine Line—Minneapolis, MN §
June 7—Lincoln Hall—Chicago, IL §
June 13—Bonnaroo—Manchester, TN
June 17—Terminal West—Atlanta, GA §
June 19—The Atlantis—Washington D.C. §
June 20—World Café Live—Philadelphia, PA §
June 21—Bowery Ballroom—New York, NY §
June 22—Bowery Ballroom—New York, NY (SOLD OUT) §
June 25—Paradise Rock Club—Boston, MA §
June 26—Bar Le Ritz PDB—Montreal, QC §
June 28—Lee’s Palace—Toronto, ON §
June 29—St. Andrew’s Hall—Detroit, MI §
June 30—Hi-Fi Indy—Indianapolis, IN §
July 1—Skully’s Music-Diner—Columbus, OH §
July 21—Fairwell Music Festival—Deschutes, OR
August X—Lollapalooza—Chicago, IL
*with Tyler Childers
‡ Rosie Rush
§ Clover County

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