ALABAMA SHAKES announce their long-awaited third studio album, I Must Be Dreaming, arriving August 28 via Island Records.
Marking the band’s first album in more than a decade, the announcement arrives alongside the announcement of the new single ‘I Feel Hope Coming,’ available everywhere Friday, July 10.
Produced by ALABAMA SHAKES alongside six-time GRAMMY Award winner Shawn Everett, I Must Be Dreaming expands on the fearless musical exploration that defined the band’s landmark Sound & Color. Recorded in Nashville at Sound Emporium Studios and Blackbird Studio, the album leans into a richly textured, psychedelic soul sound while exploring love, mortality, human connection, and the increasingly surreal contradictions of modern life.
Written organically after the band reunited in late 2024, I Must Be Dreaming emerged from an unusually open-ended creative process that allowed songs to evolve in real time. Rediscovering the chemistry that first made ALABAMA SHAKES one of rock’s most singular bands, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell embraced spontaneity in the studio, expanding their sonic palette with instruments such as flute, harpsichord, and sitar, as well as richly layered vocal arrangements. The result is their most adventurous and emotionally resonant album to date.