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Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan Launches Solo Project With 'Caroline,' Sets 'Weapons of Beauty' for Feb. 6, 2026

The Rival Sons frontman marks his solo turn with a desert-forged sound shaped in Mojave seclusion.

Overview

  • Lead single “Caroline” is out now with a video shot in the abandoned Mojave mines near where he wrote the album.
  • Weapons of Beauty arrives Feb. 6, 2026 on Sacred Tongue Records via Thirty Tigers, with pre-orders available.
  • The 10-song LP reunites Buchanan with producer Dave Cobb and runs nearly 50 minutes.
  • Buchanan wrote much of the record during a three-month stay in an underground Mojave bunker, exploring grief, longing and stark American-gothic imagery.
  • Filmmaker Scott Cooper sequenced the album, and painter Jeremy Lipking created the cover art.