Overview
- Sturgill Simpson, performing as Johnny Blue Skies, confirmed Mutiny After Midnight in a mailed letter, describing a party-as-protest album built squarely on groove.
- The record was made at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville and was self-produced, with many songs written on the spot.
- The release is planned only on vinyl, CD and cassette via High Top Mountain Records/Atlantic Outpost, with SPIN reporting a March 13 street date that has not been formally confirmed.
- The band is billed as Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds, featuring Miles Miller, Laur Joanets, Kevin Black and Robbie Crowell.
- Simpson pledged an upcoming arena and theater tour with no opening act, though dates have not yet been announced.