Future Soul

Future Soul is Tedeschi Trucks Band’s sixth studio album, released March 20, 2026 on Swamp Family Music/Fantasy Records and produced by Mike Elizondo with Derek Trucks as co‑producer. Written largely by Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Mike Mattison, keyboardist Gabe Dixon, and drummer Tyler Greenwell, the 11‑track set tightens the band’s trademark blend of Southern rock, blues, soul, and funk into more concise, song‑centric forms after the sprawling four‑part I Am the Moon project. The title plays on the idea of carrying classic, analog “soul” values—live band feel, messy humanity—into a future dominated by digital polish, a theme underlined by the comic‑book cover art that casts Tedeschi and Trucks as guitar‑wielding superheroes facing down a laser‑shooting robot.

The album opens with “Crazy Cryin’,” a blues‑funk groove that immediately foregrounds Tedeschi’s rasping, churchy vocals and Trucks’ lyrical slide, then moves into the Mattison‑penned single “I Got You,” which channels Derek and the Dominos/Delaney & Bonnie–style roots rock. From there, “Who Am I” and “Hero” deliver big, radio‑ready choruses without abandoning the band’s improvising instincts, “What in the World” leans twangy and reflective, and the riff‑driven title track “Future Soul” becomes a kind of manifesto—“they want it on paper but we got it on wax”—for staying analog in spirit. Later cuts like “Under the Knife” (with Mattison on lead), “Be Kind,” “Devil Be Gone,” “Shout Out,” and “Ride On” stretch from gospel‑inflected admonitions to full‑tilt blues call‑and‑response and meditative closers, giving the 12‑piece ensemble plenty of chances to flex horns, keys, and backing vocals. Reviewers broadly frame Future Soul as one of the band’s most powerful and accessible records to date—less exploratory than their jammiest work but rich in emotional dynamics, hooks, and the sense of a road‑hardened band fully in command of its sound.