Today, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham releases the second single, “Wake (ft. Fleet Foxes),” from her highly anticipated third studio album Ace. The pivotal and heartbreaking record spans 14 tracks and is out on October 10 on Verve Forecast. Also announced today is Cunningham’s The Ace Tour, beginning on January 6th, 2026 in San Francisco. Enjoy “Wake (ft. Fleet Foxes)” here and you can pre-order the album including exclusive color vinyl and signed copies of Ace here.
Featuring Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, the pair of songwriters present a delicate, dazzling song featuring Cunningham on dueling acoustic guitars. “Wake” is a song about reflection, about looking in the rearview mirror and seeing someone wasn’t right for you all along. They sing, “It hits me as I drive away / I’ll never see your hair go gray.”
Cunningham first met Pecknold backstage at one of her shows, putting a face to the music she had long adored. “Fleet Foxes’ melodies and songs have inspired me for as long as I can remember,” Cunningham says. “I feel quite lucky to have been able to experience his genius up close.”
Robin Pecknold on working with Madison Cunningham:
“Working with Madison on this was a humbling and enlightening experience! We did maybe ten takes where she played and sang perfectly every time and I struggled to keep up. She’s a force and an inspiration, thank you so much Madison for pushing things forward so masterfully.”
Last month, Madison announced Ace and shared the first single, “My Full Name,” a vulnerable introduction that is both a love letter and a goodbye. Cunningham sings, “Love’s a kind of sorrow worth saving,” as she processes heartbreak and explores new beginnings. You can listen to “My Full Name” here.
Recently off the road with Mumford & Sons on their “Railroad Revival” Tour, the renowned guitarist and true artist’s artist steps into her own lane with Ace. Cunningham presents a fourteen-track album that is honest and full of heart, even as it breaks. A follow up to her GRAMMY award-winning album, Revealer (2022), Cunningham wanted to take risks with Ace, leading with her emotions, following whatever path they showed her. “You think you’re on the verge of true healing but something scares you,” she says, “And you have to start all over.”
Named by Hozier as one of the “most talented creative forces of our generation,” Madison Cunningham is a singer-songwriter and guitarist with two previous albums on Verve Forecast, Who Are You Now (2019) and Revealer (2022), which won the GRAMMY for “Best Folk Album.” She’s collaborated as a guitarist and as a vocalist with countless artists including Lucy Dacus, Remi Wolf, Mumford & Sons, Lucius, and Andrew Bird, among others.
ACE TRACKLIST
1. Shatter Into Form
2. Shore
3. Skeletree
4. Mummy
5. Take Two
6. Wake (feat. Fleet Foxes)
7. Break the Jaw
8. Invisible Chalk
9. Shatter Into Form II
10. My Full Name
11. Golden Gate (On and On)
12. Beyond That Moon
13. Goodwill
14. Best of Us
THE ACE TOUR – DATES
NORTH AMERICA
10/9 Los Angeles, CA – Largo at the Coronet
1/6 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
1/8 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
1/9 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue
1/10 Seattle, WA – St. Marks Cathedral
1/13 Boise, ID – Egyptian Theatre
1/14 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
1/16 Santa Fe, NM – Tumble Root Brewery & Distillery
1/17 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
1/20 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
1/21 Austin, TX – 04 Center
1/22 Austin, TX – 04 Center
1/24 Tucson, AZ – La Rosa
1/28 Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
3/25 Nashville, TN – Blue Room
3/26 Nashville, TN – Blue Room
3/26-3/29 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
3/27 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
3/30 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
3/31 Washington, DC – Sixth and I
4/1 New York, NY – Town Hall
4/2 Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
4/4 Boston, MA – The Wilbur
4/6 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
4/7 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls
4/8 Cincinnati, OH – Memorial Hall
4/10 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
4/11 Minneapolis, MN – The Fitzgerald Theater