Dylan Gossett on Expanding His Troubadour Sound With New Album, Touring with Mumford & Sons and ‘Trying to Make the Best Songs Possible’
Categoria: Musica
Texan Dylan Gossett talks about how fatherhood inspired songs on his new album.
Por Billboard | 25/09/2026
In early 2024, Texas native Dylan Gossett ’s breakthrough song “Coal” became his first Billboard Hot 100 hit, and went on to become certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. He followed with more homespun, organic tracks like the romantic “Beneath Oak Trees” and his 2025 self-written and self-produced debut album, Westward . With his sophomore album Ramblin’ , out Friday (Sept. 25) on Big Loud Texas / Mercury Records, Gossett aims to strike a balance between some of the more rustic fare of his previous projects and evolving his sound with even more full-bodied instrumentation. “I’m like a kid on a playground,” Gossett tells Billboard . “There’s still those stripped-back songs on this record that I love, and honestly, they’re some of my favorites on the record. But we got to do the big drum kit, open things up and widen the sonic space of each song. That’s why I think it feels a bit more complete than Westward might have been. I feel like there’s more layering. The lyrics still hold up and have the same storytelling element, but a lot of these songs, you just want to put on with your friends in the car and just jam them.” He’s previewed the new album with songs like the deceptively breezy “Clothesline,” which centers on the emotional turmoil of being in relational limbo, and the plucky, longing “Loving You Like That.” Though sonically he broadens his sound, some of the songs themselves are drawn from deep in his writing catalog, including a few songs that didn’t make it on Westward . “‘Running From the Sun’ is an older song I wrote, and then ‘Snow Melt,’ a few of those had been written before Westward ,” he says. “But some of the cooler songs on Ramblin’ that I love were buzzer-beaters. Two weeks before we had to submit [the album], I’m like ‘Can we get into the studio?’ And the idea turns into songs like ‘The Old Me’ and ‘Loving You Like That.’” Elsewhere, “Honeysuckle” looks at the values of his family and home in Texas. After his initial career breakthrough, instead of making a predictable move to Music City, the Texas A&M graduate has stayed close to his roots deep in the Lone Star State. “I have no reason to leave. I’ve got so much family here and my wife and I love it. When I need to go do work, I’ll fly to Nashville real quick, or New York or L.A., and can come back home the next day. I like being able to separate work and home. It helps keep my head clear a bit,” he says. Ramblin’ also nods to the swift changes in Gossett’s personal life; “My Boy” embraces his journey into fatherhood. “It’s been great. Luckily, I [married] a person that understands this world and is so supportive and is a great mom, so it’s been fun to see this family expand. It’s not easy when you have a one-month-old and you’re away for six weeks or so, but we make it work. They’ll come visit, or we’ll FaceTime and it’s one of those things where I’m blessed enough to where when I’m home, we’re not working 9-to-5 jobs and we get to sp