Jay Buchanan – Weapons Of Beauty

Rival Sons frontman at his most vulnerable and visionary

Jay Buchanan – Weapons Of Beauty
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Sacred Tongue Recordings
Release: 2026

Release date: February 6, 2026

From Rival Sons’ Grammy-nominated frontman Jay Buchanan comes ‘Weapons Of Beauty’ — a sweeping, cinematic solo debut written in the Mojave Desert and produced by Dave Cobb.

‘Weapons Of Beauty, the long-awaited debut solo album from Jay Buchanan, the unmistakable voice behind Grammy-nominated rock band Rival Sons.

A stark, soulful and deeply personal body of work, ” Weapons Of Beauty’ sees Buchanan step away from the thunder of the world’s biggest rock stages and into something slower, more intimate and more revealing. Written during an extended period of isolation in the Mojave Desert, the album is shaped by solitude, devotion, faith, doubt and love — a collection of songs that sit at the crossroads of Americana, country-soul, gospel and American gothic.

Produced by long-time collaborator Dave Cobb, Weapons Of Beauty is anchored by Buchanan’s singular voice — weathered, elastic and emotionally unguarded — carrying songs that wrestle with the cost of love, the weight of history and the possibility of grace. It is an album unafraid of vulnerability, built on restraint rather than bombast, and delivered with a quiet confidence that has already drawn widespread critical acclaim. Dave Cobb states: “I think this record is like seeing into the heart of Jay, no filter, no noise just pure raw emotion.”

Website: https://www.weaponsofbeauty.com/

Tracks:
01. Caroline
02. High And Lonesome
03. True Black
04. Tumbleweeds
05. Shower Of Roses
06. Deep Swimming
07. Sway
08. Great Divide
09. Dance Me To The End Of Love
10. Weapons Of Beauty