Little Wide Open

by Kevin Morby

Little Wide Open cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 May 2026
  • Label: Dead Oceans
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:21
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 15 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Kansas-born artist delivers a studio effort that emphasizes organic instrumental layers and intimate lyrical narratives on the American rural landscape. The recordings prioritize natural room acoustics and a warm, analog-leaning sonic profile that highlights the band's disciplined instrumental interplay. It conceptually investigate themes of geographical belonging and the preservation of historical memory through a sophisticated pop-folk lens.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, existential, death, nature, melodic, suburban, atmospheric, vehicles, male vocalist, earnest, storytelling, folk, acoustic, jangly

Tracklist

  1. Badlands (3:54)
  2. Die Young (3:52)
  3. Javelin (3:45)
  4. All Sinners (3:50)
  5. Natural Disaster (7:08)
  6. 100,000 (5:13)
  7. Little Wide Open (8:09)
  8. Cowtown (3:26)
  9. Bible Belt (4:18)
  10. I Ride Passenger (3:50)
  11. Junebug (3:31)
  12. Dandelion (3:46)
  13. Field Guide For The Butterflies (4:34)

Credits

  • Chris Muth - lacquer cut by
  • Amelia Meath - backing vocals
  • Andrew Barr - drums, drums, percussion
  • Justin Vernon - vocals [siren vocals], guitar
  • Mat Davidson - violin, fiddle
  • Ben Lanz - horns
  • Oliver Hill - strings
  • Lucinda Williams - vocals

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