Today, Mobile, Alabama natives Muscadine Bloodline released their long-awaited fourth studio album The Coastal Plain. Gary Stanton and Charlie Muncaster spent years trying to find their musical identity. They started to scratch the surface of that identity with Dispatch to 16th Ave. in 2022. Since then, they’ve continued to dig deeper into who they are as men and musicians. As a result, today’s new release marks the truest version of the band that fans have heard thus far.
Ahead of the release of Coastal Plain, Muscadine Bloodline sat down with American Songwriter to discuss the new record, their ever-evolving sound, and more.
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Muscadine Bloodline Continues to Evolve
Muscadine Bloodline has been leaning harder into traditional country since their 2022 sophomore release. When asked if that was a conscious choice or just natural evolution in play, Gary Stanton said, “I think it’s a little bit of both.”
“When we got pulled off the road in 2020 we had a little come to Jesus. We had just been shotgun approaching music like ‘Okay, this is what we’re feeling at the moment’ and go do some songs like that,” Stanton continued. Before the release of their sophomore album, they had recorded an entire rock album. That unreleased collection spurred a serious discussion within the group. “We were like ‘Man, is this just another thing we’re experimenting with?’” Stanton recalled. “And we kind of had this talk like, ‘Where’s your heart? What am I listening to when I’m in the car?’ I lean more Americana/songwriter and Charlie leans very ‘90s country. So, we were like that’s what we need to do,” he added.