Multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning band Alabama Shakes announce their long-awaited third studio album, I Must Be Dreaming, arriving August 28 via Island Records. Marking the band’s first album in more than a decade, the announcement arrives alongside the announcement of the new single “I Feel Hope Coming,” available everywhere Friday, July 10. Pre-order/pre-save the album HERE.
Produced by Alabama Shakes alongside six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Shawn Everett, I Must Be Dreaming expands on the fearless musical exploration that defined the band’s landmark Sound & Color. Recorded in Nashville at Sound Emporium Studios and Blackbird Studio, the album leans into a richly textured, psychedelic soul sound while exploring love, mortality, human connection, and the increasingly surreal contradictions of modern life.
The album’s upcoming single, “I Feel Hope Coming,” captures the heart of that journey. Built around luminous textures, childlike harmonies, and an understated optimism, the song is a tender yet galvanizing call to resist systems that dehumanize and move toward a future rooted in collective care.
“This younger generation makes me feel hopeful because they can see through all the political lies—that song’s about holding onto that hope, and refusing to give up,” says Brittany Howard on the track. Heath Fogg adds, “I’m really happy that song exists. It came from such a joyful moment of collaboration, and exemplifies everything I love about this band being reborn.”
“I Feel Hope Coming” follows the acclaimed singles “Another Life” and “American Dream,” each revealing a different facet of I Must Be Dreaming. While “Another Life” explored the enduring nature of love and “American Dream” confronted the unraveling of once-shared ideals, the new single offers a hopeful counterbalance, completing an emotional portrait of a record that embraces uncertainty while insisting that hope, love, and community remain worth fighting for.
