Mobley Announces New Album We Do Not Fear Ruins Out April 23 | Shares Single + Video “No Exit”
Between Cry Havoc! and We Do Not Fear Ruins, Mobley has been busy touring coast to coast, writing a novel expanding on the album’s concept, and composing scores for film and stage. He produced music for an Adidas commercial during the Paris Olympics and composed the theme for the Webby Award-winning podcast All Music Is Black Music. His songs have amassed millions of streams and landed sync placements on major networks like HBO, FOX, NBC, and ESPN, while receiving praise from outlets such as Billboard and Rolling Stone. He’s performed at festivals like ACL, Lollapalooza, and SXSW, opening for acts like Cold War Kids and Phantogram, and continues to focus on expanding his creative vision for the future.
“‘No Exit’ takes its title from the Jean-Paul Sartre play of the same name (best known for the often-misunderstood line ‘hell is other people’). The tension between the song’s laidback verses and earnest, pleading choruses mirrors the tensions in Jacob, a perpetual loner who nevertheless proclaims his love for humanity, crying out ‘What am I without people?’”
Mobley, the Austin-based writer, performer, producer, and filmmaker, has announced his upcoming album We Do Not Fear Ruins, set for release on April 23 via Last Gang Records. This genre-blending concept album continues the story of Jacob Creedmoor, a character first introduced in Mobley’s 2022 EP Cry Havoc!. The album promises to explore themes of transformation, resilience, and humanity’s fraught relationship with progress through a sonically expansive mix of retro rock, modern alternative, and futuristic indie sounds.
The lead single, “No Exit,” blends cinematic elements with a meditation on solipsism, solitude, and the afterlife, inspired by Hamlet’s famous soliloquy. The song’s Morricone-esque opening gives way to a groove-laden track, while the accompanying video, directed by Mobley, contrasts the song’s heavy themes with cheeky, surrealist humor. This playful yet introspective approach continues Mobley’s artistic evolution, combining emotional depth with inventive visuals and further establishing him as a genre-defying, multi-faceted artist.
Make sure you check out “No Exit” on YouTube below and over on Spotify!
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