Crowd Pleaser (Red Beam Vinyl) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Bloodshot Records – BS3301
Format: Vinyl, LP, Red Beam vinyl
Country: US
Released: Oct 24, 2025
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country

A1        Red Beam
A2        The Shore
A3        Speechwriter
A4        Turpentine (You Know the One)
A5        Now
B1        Now, Continued
B2        Jacob Dreamed a Staircase
B3        Blame
B4        Pretty Linda
B5        Baltimore
B6        Mouth Breather
 

Crowd Pleaser, the stunning debut album from Texas-raised, Nashville-based songwriter Joelton Mayfield, is the result of nearly a decade of work and reflection. Written and recorded in the wake of personal heartbreak and years of questioning faith, the album captures Mayfield's journey from small-town Texas church music director to an emerging voice in indie rock and alt-country. Tracked over three weeks in a converted barn near Alabama's Mobile Bay, Crowd Pleaser brings together a patchwork of trusted friends and collaborators, with songs that lean into the raw edges of disappointment, doubt, and self-discovery.

Across ten tracks, Mayfield draws from the tradition of incisive Southern storytellers and country-rock bands unafraid to push boundaries. His songs wrestle with the hypocrisies of his upbringing, the unraveling of old beliefs, and unexpected moments of clarity. From the layered apocalyptic energy of album opener "Red Beam" to the quietly devastating hymn "Jacob Dreamed a Staircase," Crowd Pleaser introduces Joelton Mayfield as a songwriter unafraid to confront the most difficult lessons he's learned in his life and turn them into these songs meant to be shared like communion.

Label: Bloodshot

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: COUNTRY
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/24/2025