Keith Urban - flow state [Orange]

Keith Urban's flow state is a breezy detour into yacht rock, and this orange vinyl pressing looks every bit as sunny as the music sounds.

His thirteenth studio album, released in 2026, is his first record of covers, ten soft-rock favourites plus one new original. Urban has said the idea came from the genre's original purpose, music made as an antidote to stress and built to uplift. It began with a song or two cut for fun at his Nashville studio, The Sound, before snowballing into a full album co-produced with Dann Huff.

The guest list is a treat. Little Big Town join him on Walter Egan's "Magnet and Steel", and John Mayer trades guitar parts on Bread's "Guitar Man". Michael McDonald, the voice of yacht rock itself, sings on the lone original "We Go Back", and Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze" gets a warm, easygoing makeover.

Throughout, Urban's own electric guitar does a lot of the talking, adding just enough sparkle and bite to keep the smooth surfaces from going soft. The band plays it straight and loving, never winking at the material.

Put it on for a slow Sunday or a long drive toward the coast, and let the stress drain away.