{"id":2280809,"date":"2026-02-13T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2280809"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:51:09","slug":"johnny-blue-skies-the-dark-clouds-mutiny-after-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/johnny-blue-skies-the-dark-clouds-mutiny-after-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds ‘Mutiny After Midnight’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tModern country great Sturgill Simpson<\/a> was not kidding around when he redubbed himself Johnny Blue Skies<\/a> for his last album, 2024\u2019s \u201cPassage du Desir.\u201d He\u2019s coming back next month with a second album under that moniker, or, actually, the expanded band name Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds. And his name as an artist isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s different about \u201cMutiny After Midnight,\u201d due March 13.<\/p>\n

\n\tSimpson will be returning (or Blue Skies will be appearing for the first time, depending on how you look at it) to his former home at the Atlantic Music Group with the forthcoming album. But, more intriguingly, the often shape-shifting iconoclast will be trying on what promises to be a new or at least evolved musical style.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s a simple goal we as a band set out to achieve: to make a dance record,\u201d Simpson\/Blue Skies said in an announcement about the \u201cMutiny After Midnight\u201d album. That\u2019s reflected in the cover art, which uses 1970s-style typography and features the image of a dagger slicing through a mirror ball, drawing blood from the disco totem.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd the album will only be available in physical formats, apparently. The announcement declares that \u201cMutiny After Midnight\u201d will be available \u201con vinyl, CD and cassette only,\u201d pointedly leaving out any streaming or digital download options. Indeed, the page to pre-order the album<\/a> only includes options to purchase a physical copy. That\u2019s virtually unheard of in contemporary music, outside of the realm of Record Store Day limited editions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe leadoff track on the album, not yet released, is \u201cMake America Fuk Again\u201d (sic). The announcement of the album includes sample lyrics:<\/p>\n

\n\tBeen learning lessons and getting bubbles busted
Learning how to turn ADHD into hyper-focus
Getting my heart broke by people I trusted
Weaponizing my autism to shit out an opus
Been coming to terms with my obsolescence
Taking ketamine to kill my depression
It beats being fogged out on anti-depressants
Wait, that reminds me, time to book another session\u2026
Maybe things have been worse but I can\u2019t remember when
Wanna start a revolution and watch it begin<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe other tracks on the album are \u201cExcited Delirium,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Let Go,\u201d \u201cStay on That,\u201d \u201cViridescent,\u201d \u201cSituation,\u201d \u201cVenus,\u201d \u201cEveryone Is Welcome\u201d and \u201cAin\u2019t That a Bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJohnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds album cover for \u2018Mutiny After Midnight\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAtlantic Records<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tBlue Skies appears to be treating \u201cSturgill Simpson\u201d as a dead-name; his former identity never appears in the announcement for the album, and the previous album is described as a \u201cdebut,\u201d although Simpson\u2019s past is acknowledged, specifically the 2016 \u201cA Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth\u201d album.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat record is relevant because it\u2019s the last album Simpson made for Atlantic. Although it was nominated for the album of the year Grammy, and was the first release of his to radically move past the boundaries of country, he made it clear he was not happy with the label and moved on to release projects independently (for his own High Top Mountain Records, which is still the imprint of record for the new album) or Elektra.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, Blue Skies is saying Atlantic has \u201cnew leadership and a new vision.\u201d In a statement, he said, \u201cThis is a new and very different Atlantic Records<\/a> than my last go-around. Mostly, I\u2019m very excited and honored to be working with my dear friend Ian Cripps, and to finally bring to fruition a vision we initially shared together over 10 years ago. I wrote words to what is happening in the world and my life in real time, and played with a group of musicians I deeply love and respect. Together, we made an album that is very fun and will hopefully offer some relief from darkness in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe announcement notes that the project was recorded at Easy Eye Sound Studios and features songs \u201ccentered firmly on groove\u2026 each song was written in the moment, on-the-spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJohnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdwin Keeble<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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