RISING ARTIST MEDIUM BUILD’S MARIETTA EP
OUT NOW VIA SLOWPLAY/ISLAND RECORDS

NEW SONG “YOKE” FEATURES JULIEN BAKER

DEBUT FULL-LENGTH COUNTRY CONTINUES TO SEE CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“The indie rocker’s music is marked by his compassionate, conversational lyricism and grounded, grungy sound.”—NPR Music—READ HERE

People—READ HERE

Billboard—READ HERE

The Tennessean—READ HERE

NME—READ HERE

November 15, 2024—Medium Build’s highly anticipated Marietta EP is out now via Slowplay/Island Records. Listen to/share the record HERE.

Marietta is named after the town outside of Atlanta, Georgia where Nick Carpenter, a.k.a. Medium Build, grew up. The songs cover the central tenets of his time there: his parents looking for opportunity, his relationship with the church and the angst and longing of his adolescence. “Marietta is more so a zoom out of my childhood,” explains Carpenter. “Extending grace to my family. To myself. I just wanna thank myself and my parents for surviving my childhood.”

The images from the EP’s artwork were all shot at a series of hometown locations by Silken Weinberg (artistic director for Ethel Cain), including the street where Carpenter grew up and the abandoned Sears where his father once worked.

Leading into the release, Carpenter shared the singles “Triple Marathon” and “Yoke” featuring longtime friend Julien Baker, the latter of which Stereogum hails as “a sad, haunted song.” Watch Carpenter and Baker perform “Yoke” together backstage at The Bellwether in Los Angeles HERE.

The Marietta EP comes on the heels of Medium Build’s critically acclaimed debut full-length, Country, which continues to see extensive praise from NPR Music, People, Billboard, The Tennessean, NME and many more.

Medium Build is currently touring the U.K. and Europe after recently wrapping his U.S. headline tour which featured two nights at Austin City Limits.

Since creating Medium Build, Carpenter has become a favorite across the creative community with fans including John Mayer, Zach Bryan, Elton John and boygenius. He has toured with Tyler Childers, Lewis Capaldi, FINNEAS, Holly Humberstone and Briston Maroney, and found himself in a highly coveted slot on Zane Lowe’s Artists to Watch 2024 list. In 2023, his collaboration with X Ambassadors on “Friend For Life” found him entering the Billboard charts for the first time.

ABOUT MEDIUM BUILD

The Marietta EP comes on the heels of Medium Build’s critically acclaimed debut full-length, Country, which is out now on Slowplay/Island Records. The record continues to see extensive praise from NPR Music, People, Billboard, The Tennessean, NME and many more. The album was recorded on Nashville’s Music Row by Medium Build alongside creative partner Laiko, where the two experimented with genre and style. “We made the album we wanted to make,” Nick says. “It’s so easy to get back in touch with yourself if you can throw off the heavy cloak of duty and just do something that feels good.” Identifying as queer, Nick draws inspiration from his own exploration of sexual identity and sonically blends classic country, ’80s new wave and ’90s rap and hip-hop. Medium Build also recently teamed up with Winnetka Bowling League and Dawes on the single “This is Life;” stream/share the track HERE.

For more information, please contact Samantha Tillman,
Joe Cohen, Kate Rakvic, Grace Jacobsak or Carla Sacks at
Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

MEDIUM BUILD MARIETTA TRACKLIST
1. Triple Marathon
2. John & Lydia
3. Yoke (featuring Julien Baker)
4. Dad’s 4 Runner
5. Faded Blue