# Brokeback Announce New Album Colder, Milder: Hear The Title Track

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brokeback-announce-new-album-colder-milder-hear-the-title-track/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:26:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T18:12:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2516777/brokeback-announce-new-album-colder-milder-hear-the-title-track/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Brokeback return with their first album in a decade.
- Colder, Milder is due in early February.
- The title track is streaming on Thrill Jockey’s Substack.

## Summary

Brokeback have announced their first album in a decade, Colder, Milder, with the title track now available to hear on the band’s label’s Substack. The release marks the return of Doug McCombs’s minimal, largely instrumental rock project, whose previous album came out in 2016.

The current line-up features McCombs, guitarist James Elkington, bassist Peter Croke and drummer Areif Sless-Kitain. John McEntire recorded the album, which also includes occasional vocals from Amalea Tchilds and strings performed by Lia Kohl and Macie Stewart. The eight-track record is due in early February on Thrill Jockey, though an exact release date has not been announced.

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