Free Throw are continuing the rollout for their next album with new single The Outlaw Star, offering another look at Moments Before The Wind ahead of its March 27 release via Wax Bodega.
The track arrives as the second preview of the record and captures the pace and punch the band say runs through the wider project. According to Free Throw, The Outlaw Star grew from a failed studio idea that was rebuilt into something faster and more complete, turning a discarded moment into one of the album’s defining pieces.
Moments Before The Wind marks the band’s sixth album and explores the feeling of being stuck between stages of life. Vocalist Cory Castro describes that theme as liminality, not just a place but a mindset, like standing in a doorway unsure of what comes next. That idea threads through the record, which was written across two studio sessions with longtime producer Brett Romnes, giving the band space to step away and return with fresh perspective.
The album reflects a period of major personal change for Castro, from the end of a long relationship to the moment he learned he was going to become a father. Those shifts shape the emotional arc of the record, which moves from uncertainty toward acceptance, with closing track The Waters Of Life capturing that turning point.
Since forming, Free Throw have built a reputation for pairing honest storytelling with energetic emo and indie leaning songwriting. Moments Before The Wind continues that approach while slowing things down in places, allowing the themes to unfold rather than rush past them.
Alongside the new music, the band have announced a special hometown show at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville this May and confirmed touring across North America before heading to the UK and Europe for summer festivals and headline dates, including a London stop.
With The Outlaw Star now out, the picture around Moments Before The Wind is becoming clearer. A record about transition, perspective and figuring out what comes next.
