Ruston Kelly has announced Pale, Through the Window, his fourth studio album, out on September 12th. He’s also shared the album’s latest single, “Wayside,” and revealed a new stretch of 2025-2026 North American tour dates.
Pale, Through the Window was inspired by personal transformation and Kelly’s quest to heal emotionally, marked by his signature vulnerable songwriting and raw, anthemic vocals. Produced by longtime collaborator Jarrad K — who produced Kelly’s 2020 album Shape & Destroy — the new album also serves as Kelly’s first album made alongside his touring band, and features his father, Tim “TK” Kelly, on pedal steel.
“This album feels like a return to the truest, purest, most complete version of who I am as an artist and a human being,” Kelly said in a press release. “I wanted to write about joy in a way that was still honest and complicated, because that’s what real joy is — it carries everything that came before it.”
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To support Pale, Through the Window, Kelly has also mapped out a two-leg North American tour. The first leg kicks off on October 2nd in Minneapolis and continues through the month, hitting cities like Chicago, Toronto, Washington D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, and more. The first leg concludes on October 24th in Charleston; he’ll pick back up on January 15th in Asheville, making his way through the South and West Coast until the final show in Phoenix on February 8th. See the full list of Ruston Kelly’s 2025 tour dates below.
Tickets for Kelly’s 2025 tour will first be available via an artist pre-sale running on Tuesday, June 10th at 10:oo a.m. local time; fans can sign up for pre-sale access to their desired show date(s) on Kelly’s official website. A Live Nation pre-sale is also available beginning on Wednesday, June 11th at 10:00 a.m. local time (use code TREBLE). Tickets will go on-sale for the general public on Friday, June 13th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
“Wayside” follows “Half Past Three” as the second single from Pale, Through the Window. With a quick tempo and escalating verses about 21st century overstimulation, Kelly builds to a cathartic chorus; as he vows to let everything beyond his relationship “fall by the wayside,” he shifts the chorus to half-time: “But there’s an anxiousness/ That’s tangled up my soul/ So let the world just blow up /As long as I know I am yours and you are mine,” Kelly sings. Stream the heartfelt new song below.
Ruston Kelly’s last album was 2023’s The Weakness. He also resurfaced earlier this year for the second volume of his covers EP, Dirt Emo, which offered renditions of songs by Avril Lavigne, American Hi-Fi, Morgan Wallen, and more.
Pale, Through the Window Artwork:
Pale, Through the Window Tracklist:
1. Pale, Through the Window (Ruston Kelly)
2. Give Up the Ghost
3. Wayside
4. Half Past Three
5. Me and You
6. Twisted Root
7. Still
8. Waiting to Love You
9. I See You
10. Pickleball
11. House in the Country
12. Great Wide Open
13. All in
Ruston Kelly 2025-2026 Tour Dates:
10/02 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
10/03 — Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *
10/04 — Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre *
10/06 — Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig *
10/07 — Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
10/15 — Washington, DC @ The Atlantis *
10/17 — Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live *
10/18 — New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
10/19 — Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *
10/21 — Charlotte, NC @ The Underground *
10/23 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
10/24 — Charleston, SC @ The Riviera Theater *
01/15 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle ^
01/16 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West ^
01/17 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium ^
01/19 — St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House ^
01/20 — Kansas City, MO @ recordBar ^
01/22 — Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater ^
01/23 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s ^
01/24 — Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge ^
01/26 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater ^
01/28 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge ^
01/30 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos ^
01/31 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom ^
02/02 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
02/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour ^
02/07 — Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up ^
02/08 — Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
* = w/ Sam MacPherson
^ = w/ verygently
