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Published on 2026-07-28
Bill Scorzari will release Sidereal Days (Day 2) on September 25 and has shared the final advance single, “Sandcastles Waiting.”
Bill Scorzari will release his sixth independent studio album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), on September 25. The 11-song collection is the second half of a double album co-produced by Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard, following Sidereal Days (Day 1), which arrived last October.
The New York-based singer-songwriter has also shared “Sandcastles Waiting,” the final advance single from the album.
“Writing this song was like building a sandcastle,” Scorzari says. “The wistful melody and lyrics were elusive and fragile. Each step seemed precarious, as if it all might start to crumble or get washed away before it could be finished.”
Stream “Sandcastles Waiting” HERE.
Known for his meticulous lyrics, distinctive voice, and deeply personal songwriting, Scorzari draws inspiration from dreams, personal experiences, conversations, news stories, and seemingly ordinary details. His songs often combine several of those elements into stories exploring love, memory, change, and the search for meaning.
“Sandcastles Waiting” began with an intimate chord progression and a melody that Scorzari says felt both emotional and elusive. As the music developed, changes in the melody inspired new chords, while the emerging lyrics pushed the arrangement in further directions.
“I was trying to find the music for a feeling that hadn’t yet fully surfaced,” he explains. “So I was moving in increments, figuring it out along the way.”
Scorzari completed the song’s lyrics in 2024 while recording the two Sidereal Days albums.
Across the 11 tracks on Sidereal Days (Day 2), Scorzari continues his exploration of interconnectedness, reflection, and the passage of time. The collection moves between concise, radio-ready songs and longer, contemplative pieces, with arrangements ranging from intimate acoustic performances to layered full-band recordings.
The album features Scorzari and Hubbard alongside Brad Talley, Chelsea McGough, Cindy Richardson Walker, Danny Mitchell, Eamon McLoughlin, Erin Rae, Joshua Britt, Juan Solorzano, Marie Lewey, Megan McCormick, and Michael Rinne.
Scorzari performs lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, and banjo. The sessions also feature Dobro, cello, fiddle, piano, Hammond B3 organ, horns, mandola, pedal steel, electric baritone guitar, upright bass, and layered harmony vocals.
Scorzari recorded his instrumental and vocal parts at First Thunder Recording, his studio in New York, beginning in July 2022. After spending two years developing the material, he brought the recordings to Skinny Elephant Recording in Nashville in August 2024, where he and Hubbard continued production with engineer Dylan Alldredge.
Nic Coolidge completed the final mixes at Dead Pop Studios in Providence, Rhode Island, in early 2025, and Hallie Melton mastered the album that April.
“There’s an intuition that develops between musicians when they know their instrument and the language of music well,” Scorzari says. “It allows them to anticipate what each other will play in a song even before they play it. This happened throughout the Nashville sessions and is part of what made the performances on the Sidereal Days recordings such a good experience.”
Other highlights include the traveling love song “I Know You Know,” the Erin Rae duet “I Stayed,” the cinematic “I Think It’s Gonna Rain,” and “Middle Class Middle Child,” the album’s longest track.
“Open Door” offers a gentle folk meditation on love and renewal, while “So Much to Say on Rainy Days” emerged from a period of personal struggle and resilience. “Time Is a River Now,” originally written as a folk song two decades ago, evolved into one of the album’s most electric and rock-oriented performances.
The collection closes with “Sweet Surrender (Reprise),” a stripped-down vocal and acoustic guitar performance that recalls the closing song from Scorzari’s debut album, Just the Same.
Sidereal Days (Day 1) earned significant Americana and alt-country radio support following its release. Critic Robert Christgau awarded the album an “A” rating and included it on his Dean’s List of the best albums of 2025.
Sidereal Days (Day 2) will be released September 25.
