Wild Pink (the band led by John Ross) are releasing a new album, “Still Coming Down,” on August 21st via Fire Talk Records. Now they have shared its second single, album opener “Box Store,”
Ross had this to say about the song in a press release: “This was one of the last songs I wrote for the album and it immediately felt like the opener when I started on it. It kind of reminded me of Warren Zevon so I leaned into that direction with it.”
Previously Wild Pink shared the album’s first single, “Round of Applause At the End of the World,” via a music video. It was one of our Songs of the Week.
Still Coming Down follows 2024’s Dulling the Horns. It was recorded across one week in Asheville, NC at the Drop of Sun studios, working with producer and engineer Alex Farrar (Bnny, Wednesday, Samia). Vocal takes were done more quickly than on previous Wild Pink albums.
“There was not a ton of overthinking,” Ross says in a press release.
The album also features longtime Wild Pink member Dan Keegan on drums, along with guests Meg Duffy (aka Hand Habits) and MJ Lenderman and his The Wind bandmates Landon George and Xandy Chelmis.
Wild Pink’s 2022 album, ILYSM, was inspired by Ross’ cancer diagnosis. Since then he’s beat cancer and become a father for the first time.
We’re one month away from Wild Pink‘s highly anticipated new album, “Still Coming Down“, out August 21st. Wild Pink have been a staple of the indie rock scene for the better part of a decade, and it’s on “Still Coming Down” that Ross cements the voice he’s been steadily honing over the years. There’s a novelistic impression to the songs of Wild Pink, where characters peer over the edge of potential futures, past mistakes and paths not taken. “500 Is The New 250” bounces between scuzzy guitars and softer, reflective moments that poke fun at the listlessness of consumerism, coping through detachment while finding the punchline of it all. “Took the cyber truck // to my favorite bar ‘Hard Luck’ // to bet on my phone and drink alone” Ross intones atop sparse production helmed by Alex Farrar, “The Steelers are in Baltimore tonight // I got no dog though, I got no fight.”
“Strangely, I feel like I’ve found my voice on this record,” he says.
releases August 21st, 2026
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