New Parker McCollum on the way.
For a while now, the Texas native has been teasing that he’s been in the studio, and earlier this year he said that his fifth album would be some of his best work since the release of Limestone Kid. Parker most recently released his album Never Enough in May of last year:
Sitting in the studio right now. Half way done with this new album. I’d put these songs up against anything I’ve ever written. Very proud of them. Hope you guys will love them.
— Parker McCollum (@ParkerMcCollum) April 30, 2024
He recently became a dad to his little son Major, so it’s understandably been a while since we’ve gotten any new music, though that’s about to change as Parker will release a new song called “What Kinda Man” next Friday, September 13th:
Parker has actually been sharing snippets of this song since the start of 2024, and debuted it during a performance at Red Rocks Amphitheater last month.
The song details a wild man who finds it hard to settle down, though while he loves being wild and free, he eventually meets a girl who makes him want to give all of that up and he becomes willing to change his ways to be the man she needs him to be.
While he hasn’t explained the full inspiration behind in in terms of his own personal life, it seems likely some of it comes from personal experience. He’s spoken about his relationship with wife Hallie Ray and how he’s evolved over the years, now a family man with lots of responsibilities:
“There ain’t no woman who could settle me down
Wilder than a bat out of hell
Off the rails and blazing through town
Then you walk in, floating on air
And you look across the room at me
Forget the man I am
What kind of man do you need?”
Here’s a little bit of it from his live performance in case you haven’t heard it yet:
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