Midland Reveals Debut Album Title and Track Listing

The album's title is likely pulled from the trio's debut single, "Drinkin' Problem."

Written by Lauren Laffer
Midland Reveals Debut Album Title and Track Listing
Midland; Cover Art Courtesy of Big Machine Records

Cheers to Midland, who just announced the title and track listing of their debut album, On The Rocks. Each of the 13 songs on the project were either written or co-written by the band’s Cameron Duddy, Jess Carson and Mark Wystrach, and also includes songwriting credits from country music power players Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Rhett Akins.

“We’re working really hard at cultivating an album full of songs that mean something to us but also fit together,” Duddy told Billboard when the project’s release date was first announced. “Picking songs that fit together nice and tell our story and represent the place that we’re at right now in music has been the agenda for putting this thing together, and we’re very excited to share it with people. We’re proud of it.”

The album’s title is likely pulled from the chorus of the trio’s debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem.” “People say I’ve got a drinkin’ problem / That ain’t no reason to stop / People saying that I’ve hit rock bottom / Just cause I’m living on the rocks,” Wystrach croons in the chorus.

Prominent on the group’s album cover is the band’s classic country look, complete with embroidered appliques and rhinestones. The look, Wystrack explains, is something he took as a young boy from his father.

“From a very young impressionable age, for me, I was just coming out of the 70s into the early 80s, and for me I was a small little impressionable child watching how my dad dressed,” he shared. “My dad wore tight wranglers with French cut, beautiful Paul Bond handmade boots in Nogales, Sonora, with a huge gold belt buckle and a big gold chain and I’d see the way that my dad dressed and to me that’s what I am reminiscent and nostalgic for.”

Fans can catch Midland out on the road this fall when they open for Jon Pardi on the Lucky Tonight Tour, which kicks off in Birmingham, AL on October 12.

Fans can pick up a copy of On The Rocks when it debuts on September 22.

On The Rocks Track List:
1. “Lonely For You Only” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Rhett Akins, Josh Osborne
2. “Make A Little” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
3. “Drinkin’ Problem” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
4. “At Least You Cried” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Jonathan Singleton
5. “Burn Out” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
6. “Out Of Sight” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally
7. “More Than A Fever” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
8. “Check Cashin’ Country” | Jess Carson
9. “Nothin’ New Under The Neon” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
10. “This Old Heart” | Jess Carson, Mark Wystrach, David Lee Murphy, Jonathan Singleton
11. “Altitude Adjustment” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Rhett Akins, Rodney Clawson
12. “Electric Rodeo” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
13. “Somewhere On The Wind” | Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Rhett Akins, Josh Osborne