I Must Be Dreaming
2026 studio album by Alabama Shakes
I Must Be Dreaming is the third studio album by the American band Alabama Shakes, released on August 28, 2026, through Island Records. It is the band's first studio album in more than eleven years, following Sound & Color (2015), and their first as a trio consisting of Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell.
The album was produced by Shawn Everett and Alabama Shakes and recorded at Sound Emporium and Blackbird Studio in Nashville. It was preceded by the singles "Another Life", "American Dream", and "I Feel Hope Coming".
Background
Alabama Shakes released their second studio album, Sound & Color, in 2015 and entered a hiatus three years later. In 2021, drummer Steve Johnson was arrested on charges of child abuse and was subsequently dismissed from the band. Though the charges were later dropped, the group has since continued as a trio. Following nearly a decade of inactivity, Alabama Shakes reunited for a surprise performance in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in December 2024. On January 27, 2025, Alabama Shakes confirmed that they had begun working on new music after sharing several photographs from a recording studio. The trio embarked on its first tour in eight years later that year and released its first new original material in more than a decade, the single "Another Life", on August 29, 2025.
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