Brighter Days

In 2024, Yoakam completes his first album of new material in nine years, Brighter Days. The first release from Yoakam's own label, VIA Records, Better Days includes a duet with Post Malone, "I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)," that was issued as the LP's first single, while young Dalton Yoakam lent his voice to the title cut. Brighter Days also saw Yoakam covering songs by the Carter Family, the Byrds, and Cake. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Mark Deming