Dylan Marlowe’s debut album, Mid-Twenties Crisis is out now, September 27th on all streaming platforms. Take a listen and read our full review below.

For rising country star Dylan Marlowe, his debut album Mid-Twenties Crisis, represents a snapshot of his life at a very specific point in time. On his first full-length with Sony Music Nashville, the Georgia native shares fifteen new tracks detailing life in his mid-twenties.

“Mid-Twenties Crisis is a record I wrote in my mid-twenties, really over the last two or three years,” shares Marlowe. “There’s a bunch of songs that are going to be fun to play live. I also thought it was really important to make sure I had some deeper lyrics as well. ‘Mid-Twenties Crisis’ was actually the last song to make the record. I’m so proud of that song—it’s kind of vulnerable but I hope y’all can relate and that you love the record.”  

Featuring Side A and Side B, the new collection is entirely written or co-written by Marlowe, who enlisted Seth Ennis, Jordan Minton, Trannie Anderson, and many more to add their talents.

The result is a solid body of anthemic country mixed with softer and more vulnerable moments, including the poignant and relatable title track.

“I’m the only one of my friends without a car seat // Sitting in the backseat of my truck // And lately I’ve been further from Jesus than I’ve ever been // But I swear that I’m trying to patch things up,” He muses, heart on his sleeve. “I think I’m going through a mid-twenties crisis // I’m 27 and it feels like my life is // Flying by and I don’t know where the time has gone // And I still can’t tell if I’m one step ahead or one step behind // Everybody’s telling me that I’ll be alright // So, maybe my thirties are the silver lining// But right now, it feels like a mid-twenties crisis”

Collaborations also provide great moments on the LP, including “Stick to My Guns,” featuring Riley Green, and “Boys Back Home” with Dylan Scott. The latter finds him out on the road, missing his friends. “I wrote ‘Boys Back Home’ with Joe Fox and Seth Ennis because I got homesick when I moved to Nashville and missed all of my friends back home,” Marlowe shared. “Dylan Scott took me on my first tour and I ended up showing him the song on the road. He loved it and I ended up asking him to sing on it with me. A year and a half in the making and I’m excited for the fans to finally have it!”

Likewise, “Stick to My Guns” is a clear standout, as the pair celebrate their upbringings and their beliefs, proclaiming that they’re not about to change for anyone. “Where I stick to these boots I’m putting down // Stick to this cross around my neck // Stick to these roots stuck in the ground // Way I was raised ain’t let me down yet // In a world that’s changing // I sure as hell ain’t, son // So, I’ll sit right here with a rifle and a beer ‘til the good Lord comes // And stick to my guns”

Anthemic, pop-rock tinted country is prevalent on the album, ripe for a live show in the form of the earwormy “Heaven’s Sake,” “I Never Miss,” “Heart Brakes,” and “Bat Outta Hell (With a Boat on the Back).” The album’s opener is especially bombastic, immediately garnering your attention, while “Heart Brakes” is a catchy single-ready ode to making bad decisions with one’s heart.

Matters of the heart are a common theme throughout the collection, as Marlowe finds himself broken and downtrodden on songs like “Hungover in a Deer Stand,” “Hang It Up,” and “Devil On My Shoulder.” Of “Devil,” he says  “I had the idea of ‘devil on my shoulder.’ We wanted to find a different angle with the phrase so the song talks about how sometimes you can try everything you can to get over somebody, but you still can’t at the end of the day. I think it’s a fun song and I hope y’all enjoy it.”  

Meanwhile, Marlowe’s country boy sensibilities inhabit almost every song, as he dabbles in hunting, fishing, and all the things that make country life great. “Deer on the Wall” finds him humorlessly dealing with cohabitating, agreeing to pillows in every room and giving up every drawer to keep his prized deer on the wall. Meanwhile, “You Did It Too” celebrates the way he was raised and the fact that it can only be understood by those who did it too.

The album ends with the sparse and powerful “The Fence,” which finds Marlowe thankful for someone who stopped him in his tracks, fencing him in when he needed it most. While it may seem like an unusual metaphor, it works flawlessly, proving the skill of the singer-songwriter as a lyricist and storyteller.

“I was hell on wheels // You were heaven sent // I wasn’t no good deal // You didn’t mind a bit // You stopped me // You caught me // Roped all my crazy in // I was a tumbleweed just blowin’ in the wind // Thank God, girl That you were the fence”

For Dylan Marlowe, Mid-Twenties Crisis represents a young singer-songwriter coming of age, grappling with his identity and his upbringing, falling in and out of love, and singing songs about all of the above.

Mid Twenties Crisis Track List:

“He started whisperin’ // I started listenin’ // Damn, he started making sense // So, I drove my truck out of gas // I drank the bar out of beer // Emptied my pocket of cash // Trying to make you disappear // I found a new pairs of blues // Thought they’d put you in the past // Everything he told me to do, girl it ain’t doing jack // God made a hell of an angel when he made you // Even the devil on my shoulder don’t know what to do”

Marlowe is one of the most promising rising stars in country music right now. “Devil On My Shoulder” is another notch in his belt! As for the debut album, Marlowe shares in a recent press release, “Mid-Twenties Crisis is a record I wrote in my mid-twenties, really over the last two or three years. There’s a bunch of songs that are going to be fun to play live. I also thought it was really important to make sure I had some deeper lyrics as well. ‘Mid-Twenties Crisis’ was actually the last song to make the record. I’m so proud of that song – it’s kind of vulnerable but I hope y’all can relate and that you love the record.”

Marlowe is the real-deal, and his debut album is going to be a great one!

Mid Twenties Crisis Track List:

Side A

1. Heaven’s Sake – Dylan Marlowe / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox
2. Deer on the Wall – Dylan Marlowe / Zach Abend / Seth Ennis
3. Mid-Twenties Crisis – Dylan Marlowe
4. Heart Brakes  – Dylan Marlowe / Jordan Minton / Lindsay Rimes
5. Stick to My Guns (feat. Riley Green) –  Dylan Marlowe / Benjy Davis / Abram Dean / Joe Fox / Reid Isbell
6. Hungover in a Deer Stand – Dylan Marlowe / Trannie Anderson / Ryan Beaver / David Garcia
7. Hang It Up  – Dylan Marlowe / Tyler Chambers

Side B

1. Shop Radio – Dylan Marlowe / Tyler Chambers / Johnny McGuire
2. Devil on My Shoulder – Dylan Marlowe / Beau Bailey / Rocky Block / Kyle Fishman
3. I Never Miss – Dylan Marlowe / Rocky Block / Mark Holman / Blake Pendergrass
4. There Goes That – Dylan Marlowe / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox
5. Boys Back Home (feat. Dylan Scott) – Dylan Marlowe / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox
6. You Did It Too – Dylan Marlowe / Dallas Davidson / Joe Fox
7. Bat Outta Hell (With a Boat on the Back) – Dylan Marlowe / Jessie Jo Dillon / Kyle Fishman
8. The Fence – Dylan Marlowe / Jimi Bell / Tyler Chambers / Benjy Davis / Seth Ennis / Mikey Reeves

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“Devil On My Shoulder” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

Dylan Marlowe is one of the most exciting new singer-songwriters in country music right now. However, like many artists, he has faced some criticism with his music from some country outlets after releasing a collaboration called “Boys Back Home” with Dylan Scott. While we thought the song was a true anthem for the country lifestyle, one outlet did not agree. This led to Marlowe writing and releasing a new single called, “You Did It Too,” out today.

I wrote this song after ‘Boys Back Home’ came out in a pretty angry moment,” shared the singer in a recent press release. “Usually I don’t let internet hate get to me but something about the hate behind a song I wrote because of how and what I grew up doing hit me different. ‘You Did It Too’ is my response to that hate, and it’s the most honest song I’ve ever written. Every line is true to my life. I write and sing songs about the way of life I know, and you’d probably get it if you did it too.”

“You can’t talk no smack // Yeah, unless you came up something like that // You’d get it if you did it // If you grew up right there in it // But you didn’t, so what gives you // the right to // Talk all that trash about our side of these tracks // Yeah, my backroad come back is you // Yeah, you’d get it, if you did it too”

“You Did It Too” is a catchy and honest moment in Marlowe’s growing catalog. The song solidifies that he truly believes in everything he writes about, and that the experiences, no matter how cliche they may seem to some are actually real and authentic to his story. The new single is one of our favorites from the singer so far, and it will be fun to see how his catalog continues to grow in 2024.

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Dylan Marlowe releases.

To keep up with Dylan Marlowe, follow him on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

“You Did It Too” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.