Orville Peck confronts addiction and sobriety on new album ‘Mule’

Orville Peck will release his new album ‘Mule’ on Warner Records on 18th September 2026.

The record is described as being Peck’s ‘most intimate, raw and ambitious work yet’. The news of the album arrives with a pair of songs from the set – the previously teased ‘Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)’, which features Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus, and Allison Russell; and the ecstatic lead single ‘Too Little, Too Late’, a raucous, dirt-kicking country-pop banger that feels like pure clap-along freedom.

‘Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)’ is the scene-setting first track on ‘Mule’, finding three generations of female country icons harmonising lyrics written and arranged by Peck. In the video, they don black veils and, in an eerie alternate space, nurse uniforms as they sing his would-be eulogy. It’s a beautifully bleak ending that represents a beginning, as it turns out.

‘Too Little, Too Late’ hails from the redemptive back half of the set and finds Peck dancing toward the finish line. Produced by Jay Joyce (Patty Griffin, Eric Church) and written by Peck with Dan Wilson (The Chicks, Laufey) and Steve Rusch (Beyoncé, Jessie Murph), the song embodies what it feels like to be finally secure with who you are. It’s also about having moved on when your ex comes crawling back.

Peck recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut and he’s announced his ‘Man Turned Mule’ Tour. Following his headlining performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl — the North American run, promoted by Live Nation, will kick off on 28th October in Sacramento and wrap up on 22nd November in Huntington, New York. Joining Peck on the North American run beginning 28th October is Nashville singer-songwriter Abbie Callahan. Additionally, $1 from every ticket sold on the North American ‘Man Turned Mule’ Tour will be donated to The Trevor Project, supporting its mission to provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ young people.

‘Mule’ Tracklist

1. Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)
2. Big Ol’ House
3. Already Gone
4. Rehab Blues
5. Ring The Bell
6. Blue Skies
7. The Fall
8. Cowboy Heart
9. The Breeze, The Grass, The Mourning Dove and Me
10. Run Out Of Road
11. Too Little, Too Late
12. War Of The Worlds
13. Mule