Munly J Munly and Rebecca Vera join WAYFARER on Grey Country, the third and final single ahead of the Denver, Colorado band’s sixth album, Riders of the Setting Sun. The album is due November 20 via Vesperian.
The collaboration connects the track with Denver’s gothic Americana tradition. Longtime collaborators Munly and Vera are associated with Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Munly & The Lupercalians and DBUK. Their appearance follows David Eugene Edwards’ contribution to Perdition’s Crossing, also included on the album.
The announcement describes Grey Country as a slow, brooding song concerned with legacy, guilt and what remains when everything else is lost. Munly’s voice meets WAYFARER’s sparse instrumentation in a setting the press material places between confession and lament.
Produced by Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), Riders of the Setting Sun moves beyond WAYFARER’s extreme metal roots toward gothic Americana, incorporating post-punk, folk and rock and roll. Its eight tracks also include guest appearances by Kelly Schilling on Casey’s Last Ride and Midwife on Prairies Of Babylon.
- The Dusklands — 04:58
- Perdition’s Crossing — 03:59, featuring David Eugene Edwards
- Black Roses & Early Graves — 04:45
- Casey’s Last Ride — 04:07, featuring Kelly Schilling
- Fell Spur — 02:52
- Grey Country — 05:35, featuring Munly J Munly
- Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden — 05:35
- Prairies Of Babylon — 05:15, featuring Midwife
The album will be available digitally, on limited Digipak CD, on limited tape with a clear-orange shell and full-color J-card, and on vinyl. All listed LP editions include an LP booklet and OBI strip. Pre-orders are available.
- Black vinyl.
- Picture vinyl with a die-cut cover — 500 copies.
- “high noon heat”: red/gold-metallic splatter vinyl with a poster — 700 copies, exclusive to Europe.
- “prairie twilight”: orange/red merge vinyl with a poster — 700 copies, exclusive to North America.
- “glowing embers”: orange/gold/black splatter vinyl with a poster — 500 copies, exclusive to North America.
- “barren plains”: clear + black/yellow vinyl with a poster — 300 copies, exclusive to Bandcamp Europe and the Vesperian online store.
- “exit wound”: red/white splatter vinyl with a poster — 300 copies, exclusive to Bandcamp US.
- “Grand Mesa dawn”: yellow/red ink spot vinyl with a poster — 300 copies, exclusive to Frozen Records, France.
WAYFARER’s lineup consists of Shane McCarthy on vocals and guitars, Joe Strong-Truscelli on guitars, James Hansen on bass and Isaac Faulk on drums. The supplied band photograph is credited to Manon Hure.
The band’s preceding albums are Children Of The Iron Age (2014), Old Souls (2016), World’s Blood (2018), A Romance With Violence (2020) and American Gothic (2023). The announcement also lists Perdition’s Crossing as a 2026 maxi-single.
