Benmont Tench - The Melancholy Season

Label: Dark Horse

Released 3/7/2025

BENMONT TENCH’s new album, The Melancholy Season, is his second solo record after four decades at the keyboards in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released on Dark Horse Records, The Melancholy Season is Tench’s true arrival as a singer-songwriter, without compromise or doubt. It was produced by Jonathan Wilson (an acclaimed singer-songwriter and touring guitarist for Roger Waters), Father John Misty, and Margo Price. The album’s core studio band included Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith on guitar, Sebastian Steinberg of Soul Coughing on bass, and Wilson on drums, among other instruments, with contributions from Jenny O. and Sara Watkins. Tench “couldn’t be happier” about finding a home for The Melancholy Season at Dark Horse Records, saying it’s “an emotionally resonant label for me. And they have George’s music, Cat Stevens, Joe Strummer – these are writers. To be in that company, it’s perfect.” Available on transparent blue vinyl. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive.

Track Listing:

1. The Melancholy Season
   
2. Pledge
   
3. Rattle
   
4. Not Enough
   
5. If She Knew
   
6. I Will Not Follow You Down
   
7. Under The Starlight
   
8. Back
   
9. Like Crystal
   
10. Wobbles
    
11. You, Again
    
12. The Drivin Man
    
13. Dallas