Waylon Wyatt Announces Debut Album 'Dustpiles' And Shares New Song

Official Announcement | Published: May 14, 2026 4:29 PM EDT

(Darkroom Records) Rising country star Waylon Wyatt announces his debut album Dustpiles, arriving July 17th on Music Soup/Darkroom Records. Dustpiles is a deeply personal collection of songs exploring love and loss, revealing Waylon at his most introspective and vulnerable.

Widely recognized for his acclaimed songwriting, the project also marks a creative turning point for the artist. For the first time, Waylon steps outside his comfort zone to collaborate with a diverse group of songwriters and producers, including Carter Faith, Joe Becker (Sam Barber), Tofer Brown (Tim McGraw, Old Dominion), and Anderson East (Miranda Lambert, The Red Clay Strays, Ty Myers) to name a few.

The album's title, Dustpiles, is rooted in the universal search for love. It captures the emotional journey from heartbreak and uncertainty to finding the person you are truly meant to grow old with, expressing a love that endures through every stage of life until nothing remains but piles of dust. Waylon wrote the album between Nashville, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, without a set timeline. Driven by a deep focus on songwriting and shaped organically over time, Dustpiles presents raw, mature reflections on heartbreak, grief, and growing through pain-showing a level of emotional honesty and wisdom far beyond what you'd expect from a 19-year-old artist.

Today, Waylon shares "But There Was A Time," produced by Joe Becker and co-written by Brett Truitt (Vincent Mason, Bayker Blankenship). Built around slide guitar, dark acoustic textures, and Waylon's raw vocal delivery, the track explores the feeling of reconnecting with someone who once meant everything to you, only to realize the relationship may not have carried the same weight for them. Through stripped-back melodies and a memorable chorus, Waylon reflects on the distance between past and present while channeling a deep appreciation for classic country with a modern edge.

Waylon Wyatt says: "My debut album, 'Dustpiles,' recollects the emotions I'd say most feel through love. The biggest factor, though, is the ending title track called 'Dustpiles.' It's a witty way of referring to how love should be but in a darker manner: finding that special someone who you are so close and secure, and in the end the two of you ultimately become two piles of dust."