Rex Orange County - Dream Fatigue

Dream Fatigue finds Rex Orange County opening the studio doors wide, a twelve-song set from Alexander O'Connor shaped with an unexpected cast of collaborators.

It follows 2024's The Alexander Technique and keeps the close, confessional warmth that first turned O'Connor into a word-of-mouth favorite, while pushing his arrangements somewhere roomier. Mustafa and Dylan Wiggins share co-executive producer duties, and the wider circle takes in Dev Hynes, dexter in the newsagent and Taylor Skye of Jockstrap.

The guest list makes for some intriguing pairings. Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates turns up on Elvis, a meeting of worlds few would have predicted, and Daniel Caesar joins him on Indecision. Mustafa lends his voice to The Colosseum, while advance single Grandma Song sets a softly beguiling tone, the kind of tender, unhurried writing his fans have always leaned in for.

Arriving in 2026, the record sounds like the work of an artist comfortable enough in his own voice to let other people in, without losing the intimacy that made his early songs feel like private conversations overheard through a bedroom wall.

For listeners who have followed him since those teenage home recordings, this is a rare chance to hear that same familiar voice in very different company.