Best new alt-country vinyl releases, October 2026

Greg Freeman

All Set the Bone is the third album from Greg Freeman, an alt-country musician based in Burlington, Vermont, and it’s a double LP on Transgressive’s Canvasback imprint. The Fire Note said the guitar on “Totaled” recalls The Replacements, and 13th Floor compared its best moments to the raw, desolate feel of Neil Young’s “ditch trilogy.”

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Limited Edition · Marble Ultra Violet

Hermanos Gutiérrez are brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez, who grew up in Switzerland with an Ecuadorian mother and a Swiss father. Their instrumental sound pairs Latin guitar with a western twist, and Los Ojos Del Cóndor is their seventh album. Dan Auerbach produced it at his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, and he also produced their last two albums.

Son Volt

Sound Signal Serenades moves between stripped-down acoustic songs and full-band drive, anchored by Jay Farrar’s baritone. The 12 songs were first shared with Son Volt’s fan club in 2025, and the album debuted on vinyl for Record Store Day in April, limited to 3,000 copies on blue vinyl. Its wide release came in August.

Silverada

Limited Edition · Fireworks Splatter, Signed

Silverada is an Austin band that plays neo-traditional country and was known as Mike and the Moonpies until 2024. Living Proof is their first album recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, co-produced by frontman Mike Harmeier and John Evans. It’s also the first record with keyboardist Parker Twomey.

Breakfield

Breakfield is a Nashville band formerly known as Boy Named Banjo, and this self-titled album marks the new name. Whiskey Riff called them a “bluegrass-turned-Americana quartet,” and Americana UK heard harmonies in the style of The Jayhawks. Sadler Vaden of The 400 Unit produced it.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Union Made

Union Made is Old Crow Medicine Show’s celebration of the United States ahead of its 250th birthday. Guests include Molly Tuttle, Luke Combs and the McCourys on “My Side of the Mountain,” and the album closes with a cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.” Relix said it has “stacked harmonies, furious picking and sing-along choruses.”

Futurebirds

Far Out Country I & II

Far Out Country I & II is the first double LP from Athens, Georgia’s Futurebirds, with 18 songs produced by Brad Cook. Half were recorded live to tape at Sonic Ranch in Texas, and the songs deal with first-time fatherhood and life on the road. Americana Highways called it the band’s most experimental record so far.

The Best Westerns

Limited Edition · Black

The Best Westerns are an alt-country band from Missoula, Montana, who call their sound “dirtwave” country. Late Checkout has 11 songs and came out on Dirt Wave Records, the label also home to frontman Izaak Opatz’s solo work. Their earlier album, High Country, came out in 2014.

The Deslondes

Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1 is a covers album from New Orleans band The Deslondes, recorded to analog tape and released on New West Records. The 12 songs include tracks by Swamp Dogg, Johnny Cash, Shelby Lynne and Clifton Chenier. Glide Magazine called it “a map of The Deslondes’ musical DNA.”

Ryan Bingham, The Texas Gentlemen

Amazon Exclusive

They Call Us The Lucky Ones is Ryan Bingham’s first full-length album in about seven years, made with his band The Texas Gentlemen. It moves between slow-burning ballads like the title track and rowdy up-tempo songs, plus the six-minute story song “Cocaine Charlie.” Holler called it “a meaningful turning-point.”