[Cover photo credit to Madison McConnell]

Brooklyn-based independent Alt-Rock artist Moon Walker has announced his fifth record, Wasteland Country, due out May 1st, 2026. Alongside the announcement, the musician has released the acoustic track, “You’re Next”, alongside a video.

Moon Walker will take his live show on the road across the U.S. this spring and summer.

Taking a maximalist approach, to the new album Moon Walker’s Harry Springer applies cinematic string sections, stacked harmonies, guitar solos and dense arrangements across eleven tracks.

He comments on the album:

This album is everything that I enjoy, everything I do, and everything I am, to the highest possible extent. This is an album that I have been dreaming of making since I first discovered my favorite albums like ‘The Wall’ and ‘The Black Parade.’ As a singer, guitar player, producer, songwriter and instrumentalist this is my best foot forward in every possible way.

The song “You’re Next” expresses “active political dissent” and features a 12 string acoustic section, with string arrangements done by Martin Kutnar.

Moon Walker shares:

This is a moment where they particularly shine. Lyrically, it obviously invokes the famous Niemöller poem, ‘First They Came.’ It was also the song that took the least amount of time to write and record.

On the video, director Madison McConnell shares:

I wanted the video to feel like a public address—formal, controlled, and ominously calm—it’s meant to feel familiar, authoritative, and quietly unsettling. While it also is a glimpse into the WASTELAND COUNTRY world to come.

Moon Walker will bring Wasteland Country to the stage across the U.S. this spring and summer including up the East Coast in Brooklyn and Philadelphia in March, down through North Carolina and Florida. In April, the tour moves through Atlanta, New Orleans and two Texas shows before cutting through the Midwest including Indianapolis and Chicago. The final stretch will see a pair of California dates, Portland and Seattle and close with two Colorado stops in late June.

MOON WALKER LIVE

SPRING 2026

MARCH

19–Cambridge, MA–Middle East

20–Brattleboro, VT–The Stone Church

21–Brooklyn, NY–Meadows Brooklyn

22–Philadelphia, PA–Kung Fu Necktie

24–Washington DC–Pearl Street Warehouse

25–Richmond, VA–Richmond Music Hall

26–Chapel Hill, NC–Local 506

27–Asheville, NC–Eulogy

30–Ybor City, FL–Crowbar

31–Orlando, FL–The Abbey

APRIL

1–Atlanta, GA–Masquerade

2-New Orleans, LA–NO DICE

3–Houston, TX–Scout Bar

7–Dallas, TX–Puzzles Deep Ellum

8–Oklahoma City, OK–89th Street Collective

9–Lawrence, KS–The Bottleneck

10–Columbia, MO–Rose Music Hall

12–University City, MO–Blueberry Hill

14–Louisville, KY–Zanzabar

15–Indianapolis, IN–Black Circle Brewing Company

16–Newport, KY–The Southgate House Revival

17–Lakewood, OH–Mahall’s

18–Buffalo, NY–Rec Room

19–Pittsburgh, PA–Crafthouse

MAY

31–Lansing, MI–The Green Door

JUNE

2–Chicago, IL–Subterranean

3–Milwaukee, WI–X-Ray Arcade

4–Minneapolis, MN- The Cedar

6–Omaha, NE–Barnato

7–Wichita, KS–The Wave

9–Phoenix, AZ–Rebel Lounge

10–Los Angeles, CA–Lodge Room

11–San Francisco, CA–Bottom of the Hill

13–Portland, OR–Hawthorne Theatre

14–Seattle, WA–Vera Project

16–Spokane, WA–The Chameleon

17–Boise, ID–Shrine Social Club

18–Midvale, UT–The Pearl on Main

20–Colorado Springs, CO–Black Sheep

21–Denver, CO–Marquis