Mood Swings by Marcus King

Mood Swings, Marcus King's third studio album under his own name, came out on April 5, 2024, through American Recordings and Republic Records, with Rick Rubin in the producer's chair. The sessions split between Shangri-La in Malibu and Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, and the Greenville, South Carolina guitarist, who also leads The Marcus King Band, sounds like a man turning inward.

This is a record about moods, as advertised, and King doesn't dodge the dark ones: the songs sit with them long enough to feel them, then find some peace in simply saying so out loud. Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan heard real personal urgency breathing life into old genre conventions, and AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it an interior journey. "Delilah" was the song that reached the countdowns. Metacritic's tally came out at 80, from five reviews.

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