Moby confirms 23rd album ‘Future Quiet’ for February 20 release via BMG, led by new version of ‘When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die’
Moby & Jacob Lusk (Gabriels) (Photo by Lindsay Hicks)
Moby announces his 23rd studio album “Future Quiet,” due out 20 February 2026 via BMG. Out now is a new 2026 version of “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die” featuring Jacob Lusk (Gabriels). “Future Quiet” will hold 14 tracks.
The original version of “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die,” sung by Mimi Goese and released on Moby’s 1995 album “Everything Is Wrong,” gained renewed attention through its use in seasons one and four of Netflix’s Stranger Things, and it is also listed for the upcoming fifth season. In recent years the track has become one of Moby’s most-streamed songs.
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‘Future Quiet’: Moby’s 23rd album details and tracklist
“Future Quiet” turned out to be a reflective, largely subdued album that mixes modern piano minimalism, ambient textures and a handful of vocal collaborations including Jacob Lusk, Elise Serenelle, India Carney, and serpentwithfeet. The material was written against the backdrop of hyper-connected daily life, with the music as a kind of sonic refuge.
Moby comments: “‘Future Quiet’ is, not surprisingly, quiet. To be clear; I love bombast. I love excess and volume. But as the world gets louder and crazier I find myself needing the refuge of quiet, both as a listener and as a musician. For me, and hopefully for others, ‘Future Quiet’ is a refuge. The world, self-evidently, is more demanding than it’s ever been. The world screams at us, our screens scream at us, other people scream at us, and to retreat from the screaming we need safety and refuge. That for me is the goal of ‘Future Quiet’. Writing and recording it was a refuge for me, and I hope that listening to it is a refuge for you.”
The album opens with a new orchestral version of “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die” featuring Jacob Lusk on vocals. Moby recalls first hearing Lusk via KCRW playing “Love and Hate in A Different Time” and “spen[ding] weeks tracking him down and begging him to work with me.”
The full “Moby Future Quiet tracklist” is:
- “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die” (ft. Jacob Lusk)
- “This Was Never Meant For Us”
- “Retreat”
- “Estrella del Mar” (ft. Elise Serenelle)
- “Ruhe”
- “Mott St 1992”
- “Precious Mind” (ft. India Carney)
- “Tallinn”
- “On Air” (ft. serpentwithfeet)
- “Selene”
- “Le Vide”
- “Great Absence”
- “Mono No Aware”
- “The Opposite of Fear”
Moby to tour incl. Coachella 2026 and On The Beach
Alongside the album, Moby is planning his most extensive live tour in a decade, with key festival dates already confirmed for 2026. The producer and songwriter is scheduled to appear at Coachella 2026 in Indio, California, as part of a line-up topped by Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G, in case this trio fits your electronic taste.
In Europe, Moby will headline the closing day of On The Beach 2026 on Brighton Beach, UK, on 26 July, performing with a full live band. The event is promoted as one of his only global shows that year and his first performance in Brighton since 2002
About Moby
Moby was born Richard Melville Hall in Harlem, New York City, in 1965 and grew up between New York and Connecticut. He began studying classical music and music theory as a child and later became involved in the early-1980s hardcore punk and post-punk scenes in and around New York before moving into electronic music and DJ work.
He released his breakthrough single “Go” in 1991, a track that combined dance-floor sensibilities with a sample from the Twin Peaks theme. Early albums such as “Moby” (1992), “Everything Is Wrong” (1995) and “Animal Rights” (1996) documented a shift from rave-era techno and breakbeat to a broader palette that also incorporated rock and ambient influences.
His fifth studio album “Play” (1999) placed blues and gospel samples over downtempo and electronic arrangements and became his commercial breakthrough, with extensive licensing across film, television and advertising. He followed it with records including “18” (2002), “Hotel” (2005), “Last Night” (2008), “Wait for Me” (2009), “Destroyed” (2011) and “Innocents” (2013).
In the mid-2010s Moby launched the project Moby & The Void Pacific Choir.
Alongside his recording work, Moby is known for long-running involvement in animal rights and environmental campaigning. He has supported organisations such as The Humane Society and The ACLU and has consistently aligned album and tour campaigns with fundraising or awareness work for non-profits.
In 2005 he launched mobygratis, a free music-licensing platform offering instrumental tracks to independent filmmakers, students and other non-commercial creators. The service was relaunched in 2025 with an expanded library of around 500 additional tracks and new multitrack download options, allowing users to rework and remix his instrumentals in more detail while remaining within a documented licensing framework.
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