Nick Carpenter aka: Medium Build is expanding his takeaways with four new songs, out now via slowplay/Island Records, including the latest single “Balance.” Carpenter notes: “Wrote this song with my buddy James Glaves. We’ve both struggled for years with sobriety. Failed attempts at moderation. Manic swings between wellness and party lifestyles. My whole life sometimes feels like this huge pendulum swing. Never centered and balanced. This is a snapshot of trying to find that stillness in the chaos.”

The project also includes the new track “Ben Affleck,” which Carpenter says, “Y’all know that picture of Ben Affleck having the cigarette? I know you do. And I know you know the feeling of helpless abandon you can see in his face and body. This is a song about that feeling. It’s a song about wanting to die and wanting to know if you have any real friends. It’s a song about feeling fake as fuck. It’s a song about my good buddy Ben Affleck.”

The expanded playlist includes the re-released tracks “Stick A Round” from Carpenter’s Country LP and “J&L” from Carpenter’s Marietta EP, alongside the newly released tracks “Balance” and “Ben Affleck.” Originally released earlier this year, the first three takeaways tracks reimagine songs from the early chapters of Carpenter’s career, featuring one reworked track each from his self-released albums softboy, roughboy and Wild.

Earlier this month, Carpenter teamed up with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Sydney Rose for a cover of Charli XCX’s hit song “Sympathy is a Knife” for the All Things Go 10th Anniversary Benefit Compilation. The song was the follow-up to summer singles “Last Time” and “Drug Dealer.”

The addition of new tracks follows a busy year for Medium Build which includes a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards. He toured throughout the summer, joiningA lex Warren, Tyler Childers and Rainbow Kitten Surprise on select dates including two nights at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium with Childers and a stop at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Rainbow Kitten Surprise. Medium Build also performed at the Coachella Music Festival, Kilby Block Party and Los Angeles’ El Rey this summer, and completed a 10-date co-headline run with Petey U.S.A.

Born in Georgia with a close relationship to his Southern roots, the artist now splits his time between hometowns in Anchorage, Alaska and Nashville, Tennessee. “I wanted this album to have my goddamn DNA on it,” Carpenter details. “I wanted Country to have a human touch. I want Country to be something you love with and dance with and cry with and sleep with and lean into.”

Fans of Carpentar’s work, include John Mayer, Zach Bryan, Elton John, Boygenius. He has toured with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, FINNEAS, Holly Humberstone and Briston Maroney.

Medium Build
Takeaways
Tracklist
slowplay/Island Records

1. Balance
2. Ben Affleck
3. J&L
4. Stick A Round
5. White Male Privilege
6. Bigger
7. Miseryy

Order Takeaways by Medium Build HERE