Phyoe Thaung
Feb 25, 2026
"The Outlaw Star was born from the ashes of a failed attempt while working in the studio. We took the best parts of a broken song and reworked it to fit a faster more complete thought. The pace and power of Outlaw Star complement the entirety of ‘MBTW’. " says the band.
FREE THROW
SINGLE 'THE OUTLAW STAR' OUT NOW
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ALBUM 'MOMENTS BEFORE THE WIND'
OUT 27TH MARCH 2026 VIA WAX BODEGA HERE
US/ UK/EU SHOWS ANNOUNCED FOR 2026
HOMETOWN SHOW ON 30TH MAY ANNOUNCED
Nashville-TN- Free Throw have released their second single, 'The Outlaw Star', taken from their new album, Moments Before The Wind to be released on 27th March 2026 via Wax Bodega.
Listen HERE or watch the visualiser below.
The band have just announced a special hometown show on 30th May at Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville.30th May - Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, TNWith Tigers Jaw, Ben Quad, Pool KidsTickets on sale Friday 27th May
Having worked hard for many years and enjoyed global tours with the likes of Hot Mulligan and New Found Glory and slots at Slam Dunk, Riot Fest, and The Fest. Every milestone has pushed them ahead, but on their sixth LP, Moments Before The Wind, that constant charge gradually slows, suspended mid-step, mid-thought, mid-life.
“The record has this theme of liminality – not just as a place, but in your mind,” vocalist/guitarist Cory Castro explains. “It’s like being stuck in a doorframe or a long hallway that never ends.”
The band have once again returned to longtime producer Brett Romnes (Hot Mulligan, The Movielife) for this record. Together, they wrote and recorded the album’s 11 tracks in two sessions on either side of the band’s touring. Stepping away between sessions gave them perspective; when they returned to the studio, they heard everything with fresh ears. At the same time, Romnes challenged them to trust their instincts, resulting in spontaneous sonic breakthroughs:
In all, the record chronicles a period of intense personal upheaval in Castro’s life: the dissolution of a long-term relationship and attempts to move on, the slow realisation that what he’d lost was actually what he truly wanted and, ultimately, the life-altering moment of finding out midway through recording that he was going to be a father. The closing track, “The Waters Of Life,” written in the afterglow of that news, becomes the push that finally shoves him through the doorway into something new.
“There was a lot to write about this time around, but getting over that threshold definitely took some time,” Castro says. “We tend to write albums that have a conceptual arc to them, but you just sort of have to let the songs reveal themselves and figure out what that actually is. When I got the call that I was going to be a dad, I immediately knew what song I was going to write. It just felt right.”
Pulled from Mark Z. Danielewski’s cult novel House of Leaves, Moments Before The Wind references a passage that compares life to fragile structures on the verge of being blown apart and rearranged into something unrecognisable. It's artwork mirrors that feeling: a massive crystal head cracked open, its interior filled with surreal, Dalí-esque rooms and corridors that echo the “backrooms” of the mind Castro kept returning to while writing lyrics.
Moments Before the Wind tracklisting
Missing No.
Mike Nolan's Long Weekend
For Those Who Come After
Floaroma Town
The Need For A Post-Credits Scene
The Outlaw Star
A Hero's Grave
There Will Come Soft Rains
Deviancy
This Dollar General Store Ain't Gonna Rob Itself
The Waters Of Life
The emotional architecture of the album might be abstract, but the stories at its centre – the heart of Free Throw’s music for more than a decade – are disarmingly real. Ultimately, Moments Before the Wind finds Free Throw still moving, still growing, but now, perhaps more than ever, acutely aware that the path ahead is neither straight nor obvious. There’s a quiet confidence guiding them there into a brand-new era – both personally and professionally – ready for whatever the wind blows their way.
Free Throw will be touring North America this Spring before the band heads to the UK for Summer festivals and select shows with Saturdays A Your Place.
US TOUR DATES
12 April, Delmar Hall, St. Louis, MO
13 April, The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
15 April, Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO
17 April, Soundwell, Salt Lake City, UT
18 April, Shrine Ballroom, Boise, ID
19 April, Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
20 April, The Showbox, Seattle, WA
22 April, The UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA
23 April, The Observatory OC, Santa Ana, CA
24 April, The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
25 April, The Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ
28 April, Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX
29 April, Tannahill’s, Fort Worth, TX
1 May, The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
2 May, The Underground, Charlotte, NC
3 May, The National, Richmond, VA
5 May, Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
7 May, Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
8 May, Webster Hall, New York, NY
9 May, Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
11 May, Electric City, Buffalo, NY
12 May, Opera House, Toronto, ON
14 May, Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
15 May, The Roxy, Cleveland, OH
16 May, The Crofoot Ballroom, Detroit, MI
17 May, House of Blues, Chicago, IL
MOMENTS BEFORE THE WIND UK/EU TOUR 2026
Free Throw
Saturdays At Your Place
26 June – Outbreak Festival, Manchester
27 June – Jera On Air Festival, Ysselsteyn
29 June – Gebaude 9, Cologne
30 June – Neue Zukunft, Berlin
01 July – Zentralcafe, Nuremburg
02 July – Juha West, Stuttgart
04 July – Electric Ballroom, London
05 July – Waterfront, Norwich
07 July – The Garage, Glasgow
08 July – Newcastle University SU, Newcastle
10 July – 2000Trees Festival, Cheltenham
General On Sale –TICKETS HERE
