Orville Peck Releases 'Already Gone' From Forthcoming Album 'Mule'
Orville Peck has released the single "Already Gone" from his fourth studio album Mule, which arrives September 18 via Warner Records. The track, produced by Jay Joyce and co-written with Jacob Portrait, dropped on August 14 alongside a music video directed by Austin Peters. Rolling Stone
"Already Gone" features Peck's five-piece band alongside Molly Tuttle, Ketch Secor, and Ry Jennings. The song chronicles Peck's journey through addiction and recovery — a theme that sits at the centre of the entire album. Mule tells the story of what Peck has described as the worst year of his life, covering a breakup, addiction, rehab, sobriety, and a reckoning with the gap between his public and private selves. Rolling Stone
The video, available on Peck's official YouTube channel, depicts him entering a rehab facility. It marks the third appearance in a recurring-video storyline for Noah Cyrus, Allison Russell, and Cathy Cooper, who play roles across a series of Mule clips. Ian Rigby served as director of photography. Rolling Stone
Mule is Peck's first full-length release on Warner Records, a major label — one of the three largest recorded-music companies globally, alongside Universal and Sony. The album was announced in late July alongside two earlier singles. Its track list includes "Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)," "Rehab Blues," "Ring The Bell," "Blue Skies," "The Fall," "Big Ol' House," and "Cowboy," among others, according to Attitude and DIY. "Already Gone" is the second single from the record, as confirmed on Peck's Instagram.
Warner Records had distributed a preview of "Already Gone" on YouTube as early as August 10, credited ℗ 2026 Warner Records Inc., before Peck formally announced the August 14 release date on TikTok two days later. YouTube TikTok
The Man Turned Mule Tour, named after the album's narrative arc, opens in San Francisco on September 12 — six days before the album lands — and runs through November. One dollar from every ticket sold on the North American dates will go to the Trevor Project, the suicide-prevention and crisis-intervention organisation serving LGBTQ+ young people. Rolling Stone
For Peck — the masked country artist whose fringed persona has made him one of the genre's most recognisable figures — Mule represents a turn toward direct autobiography. Where earlier records traded in character and atmosphere, the new album frames its songs as chapters in a single, difficult year. The single and video make that explicit: the story begins with a man walking through the doors of a rehab facility, and the album follows him out the other side.
Pre-orders and pre-saves for Mule are live at orvillepeck.lnk.to/AlreadyGone.
