Brothers Osborne Announce Fifth Studio Album WATERTOWN
The 11-track LP features Cody Johnson and Stephen Wilson Jr. and was produced by longtime collaborator Jay Joyce.
GRAMMY, ACM, and CMA award-winning country duo Brothers Osborne announced their fifth studio album, Watertown, out October 23 via MCA.
Named in reference and in reverence of their hometown – the coastal, blue-collar town of Deale, MD (Population: 5,333) – Watertown is anchored in the sound and spirit of Brothers Osborne's beginnings.
Watertown finds Brothers at their most introspective and vulnerable. Across the album's 11 tracks, the Platinum-certified duo opens up, steeping the record in their own personal explorations of family in all of its forms, love and loss, life's many stages and changes, and more.
'We're not just getting back to where we were born and raised, but to the roots of where we started musically,' TJ Osborne shares. 'A time when music wasn't dictated by anything other than what our hearts and souls wanted to say.'
John and TJ surprised a wall-to-wall crowd at local staple The Boathouse in Deale, MD with a pop-up show, announcing the album for the first time and giving the fans who have been there from the beginning a live performance preview of Watertown.
Reuniting with longtime collaborator and producer Jay Joyce, Watertown brings a bevy of firsts to Brothers' catalog, including their first-ever collaborations on a full-length project – album opener 'Born and Raised Hell' featuring reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Cody Johnson, and 'Tough Kid' featuring mold-breaking singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr.
Watertown also introduces an innovative new approach to releasing a record. Leading into the full-length project in October, Brothers will drop early alternate versions from Watertown as 'SELLOUT EDITS' – cut down versions that cater to the modern listener. Fans who want to hear the full-length version of any pre-release track can find them by signing up for Brothers Osborne's fan club, The Family, for free via their website, inviting listeners old and new to dive deeper. From live show fanatics to vinyl heads to social media connoisseurs, Watertown has been built for anyone who wants to visit.
'Our SELLOUT EDITS are a result of understanding where we are in 2026. It's our way of meeting the people where they are,' John Osborne explains. 'Our hope is that these edits will drive people to the deeper story. If they want to meet us where we are, at our live shows, they will likely get even more than what's available to them on the internet. Different strokes for different folks, and we welcome them all. It's still us and our songs at the end of the day.'
'Songs aren't static – they're recorded one way, released another, played live yet another. All versions are valid, just like all interpretations are valid,' TJ adds. 'We hope that meeting listeners where they are with these different formats opens up new avenues for our music to connect.'
Today, John and TJ treat fans to another Watertown track with 'Bottle It Up' (SELLOUT EDIT).
In January, Brothers Osborne celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their debut album, Pawn Shop, an era-defining album that cemented the blood brothers' 'thumping country-rock with a decidedly blue-collar flavor' (Rolling Stone). Early release 'R.I.P.,' dropped last month, references that sound, moored in their upbringing in Deale and bolstered by a live show experience that matches the record.
This summer, Brothers Osborne hit the road for a slate of fairs, festivals, and headline dates, before opening for Zac Brown Band on their Love & Fear Tour and The Darkness on their UK Bands of Brothers Arena Tour 2026.
Watertown Tracklist
1. 'Born and Raised Hell' feat. Cody Johnson (John Osborne, Lee Miller, Kendell Marvel)
2. 'R.I.P.' (TJ Osborne, Hunter Phelps, Alysa Vanderheym)
3. 'Family Business' (John Osborne)
4. 'High' (John Osborne, Lucie Silvas)
5. 'Bottle It Up' (Dan Isbell, Josh Kear, Paul Sikes)
6. 'Ain't Killed Me Yet' (TJ Osborne, Jesse Frasure, Jacob Hackworth)
7. 'Doors' (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Jesse Frasure, Lee Miller, Chris Pixton)
8. 'Stubborn' (Devin Dawson, Josh Kerr, Matt Roy, Lydia Vaughan)
9. 'Tough Kid' feat. Stephen Wilson Jr. (John Osborne, Pete Good, Lee Miller)
10. 'Same Ol' Different Story' (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Kendell Marvel)
11. 'Watertown' (John Osborne)
Brothers Osborne 2026 Tour Dates
8/26: Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Performing Arts Center
8/27: Interlochen, MI – Interlochen Center For The Arts
8/28: Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center At The Heights
8/29: Marietta, OH – Peoples Bank Theatre
9/10: Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center*
9/11: St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center*
9/17: Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium*
9/18: Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena*
10/3: Ocean City, MD – Country Calling 2026
10/23: Minneapolis, MN – Target Center*
10/24: Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford Premier Center*
11/5: Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center*
11/6: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*
11/14: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blue Boston
12/8: Glasgow, SCT – OVO Hydro ^
12/9: Leeds, UK – FD Arena ^
12/11: Manchester, UK – AO Arena ^
12/12: Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena ^
12/13: Cardiff, WLS – Utilita Arena ^
12/15: Brighton, UK – Brighton Centre ^
12/16: London, UK – The O2 ^
* supporting Zac Brown Band
^ supporting The Darkness
About Brothers Osborne
One of music's most consistently adventurous duos, Brothers Osborne are connected not just by blood, but by a lifetime of making music together. Cultivating a sound that's a 'sweltering blend of Allman Brothers band rock and Merle Haggard-esque country' (Esquire), John and TJ Osborne are sons of the blue-collar coastal town of Deale, Maryland, with a catalog marked by 'unabashedly catchy choruses and soulful, washboard grooves built on Bruce, Bob Seger and Buck Owens' (Rolling Stone).
Over the past decade, the RIAA Platinum-certified entertainers have earned a GRAMMY award, 13 GRAMMY nominations, seven CMA Awards, seven ACM Awards, and an ASCAP Vanguard Award, amassing more than 3.4 billion global streams. On tour, Brothers have shared the stage with artists like Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, and many more, while headlining their own 50+ stop tours nationwide.
Earlier this year, Brothers Osborne celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their debut album, Pawn Shop, and John Osborne released his own signature Fender Telecaster. The duo will release their fifth studio album, Watertown on October 23, 2026.
Photo Credit: Larry Neihus
Photo Credit: Larry Neihus
