Article Contributed by David Atchley
Published on December 16, 2025
Nashville-based indie/rock group The Brook & The Bluff release their new single “Baby Blue” on December 3rd, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming fourth studio album Werewolf, out March 6th via Dualtone Records.
With a delicate arrangement built on fingerpicked guitars and gentle grooves, “Baby Blue” showcases the band’s tight three-part harmonies woven throughout each verse and chorus — a technique they had not explored before.
“‘Baby Blue’ is mostly about devotion — perhaps almost to a delusional level,” the band explain. “It’s a collection of ways to say that I’m not going anywhere, that I’ve travelled all the roads and they all lead to the same place. It’s that sense of certainty you cling to when you feel you might start to drift.”
The latest offering follows the album’s first insight “Super Bowl Sunday”, an anthemic, arena-ready track driven by soaring guitars and unforgettable hooks, anchored by reflective lyrics about masculinity, ego, and the ties that bind.
Heavily inspired by the band’s blistering live show, their upcoming fourth effort Werewolf marks a transformative chapter, finding them turning up the volume, upping the tempo, and howling in four-part harmony. After nearly a decade spent constantly on the road — touring the US every spring and autumn, amassing over 200 million streams, and releasing viral tracks and critically acclaimed albums including 2023’s Bluebeard — The Brook & The Bluff stepped away from touring last year. They remained in Nashville, meeting every weekday morning to rehearse together. It echoed their earliest days: four friends in a room, rediscovering the raw energy that first propelled them from Auburn University — where Settine and Alec Bolton formed the band in 2015, bonded by shared roots in Birmingham, Alabama and a mutual love of timeless pop and rock — to stages across the country.
Devoting several hours a day to uninterrupted writing and rehearsal, the band channelled the southern-tinged sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty, Eagles, Little Feat and other classic rock mainstays. The resulting songs carry both melodic strength and real heft, often reflecting on modern notions of manhood in the American South. Other tracks explore coming-of-age themes like responsibility and self-reflection, delivered with the band’s most energetic, hard-hitting arrangements to date. It’s within the tension between the album’s cathartic instrumentals and its sharply observed lyrics that Werewolf finds its bite.
By the time they entered the studio with producer Micah Tawlks (Hayley Williams, Mat Kearney, COIN), each song had been played dozens of times, their collective chemistry guiding the sessions. Recording live, seated in a circle, the band captured each track repeatedly, distilling the spirit of their stage performances straight onto tape. The result is vibrant and electrifying — a record driven by the sharp songwriting and rich vocal arrangements that have long defined their sound, now supercharged by the intensity of their live show. Fueled by rediscovery, amplification, and a decade of brotherhood, Werewolf captures the sound of a rock & roll band reinvigorated.
“Baby Blue” will be available to stream across all platforms from December 3rd, whilst their fourth album Werewolf is hailed for release March 6th via Dualtone Records.
“Fun, radiant, and irresistibly spirited”–ATWOOD MAGAZINE
“the band stand singularly in their own distinguishable orbit”–PASTE MAGAZINE
“True to form, the bright, driving energy of the music contrasts sharply with the bittersweet ache of the lyrics.”–MELODIC MAGAZINE
