Ian Munsick is heading for the summit. The Wyoming native, one of modern country’s only true Rocky Mountain voices, has announced his fourth studio album ‘The Mountain Goat’, arriving August 21 via West to the Rest Records and Triple Tigers Records. He shared the news with fans at his fan club party during CMA Fest on Saturday, June 6.
Munsick built this one with his hands all over it. He co-produced alongside Jeremy Spillman and Mike Robinson, and played nine different instruments across the record: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, piano, bouzouki, and kazoo, plus background vocals and programming. The sound he describes leans on folky textures, steel guitar, and plenty of fiddle.
His vision for the album is rooted in place. Munsick frames the songs as a dedication to the land and the people who live with it, not on it, a horseback ride through pastures and prairies, past the timberline, up to the peak. He wants melodies that haunt you and lyrics that carry you straight into the West that fuels him.
The rollout is already moving. His single “Love Is Blind” keeps climbing country radio, and the next song, “World War III,” drops this Friday, June 12, from the 15-track album. Five direct-to-consumer fan packs are up for pre-order on his store, including an exclusive autographed zoetrope vinyl.
The live celebration spans the Mountain Time zone. The Road to The Mountain Goat runs through Nevada, Colorado (including the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre), New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, and Utah. The official album release show lands August 22 at Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater in Park City, Utah, part of the Deer Valley Concert Series. Munsick calls Utah a crowd that shows up and sings every word, and he’s bringing 15 new songs for them to learn.
There’s a brick-and-mortar chapter too. Munsick is partnering with The Landmark Hotel & Casino to open the Ian Munsick Cowboy Bar & Western Grill in Deadwood, SD, on September 18. The Landmark, built between 1894 and 1920, is Deadwood’s largest historic structure at roughly 35,000 square feet, and the bar will occupy over 2,600 of them, with old-school country decor and two stages, one indoors and one out.
The Mountain Goat Tracklist:
- Mountain Goat
- Geronimo
- My Montana
- Legends of the Fall Interlude
- Made Me A Man
- Blue Roan
- Love Is Blind
- Medicine Man
- Cutthroat World
- Mountain Goat Reprise
- Palomino Eyes
- Earn Your Spurs
- The Girl I Left Behind
- World War III
- Winter In Wyoming
2026 The Road to The Mountain Goat Tour Dates:
August 21 – Minden, NV @ TJ’s Corral Outdoor
August 22 – Park City, UT @ Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
August 25 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 28 – Pueblo, CO @ Colorado State Fair
September 11 – San Angelo, TX @ Black Buck Amphitheater
September 12 – Albuquerque, NM @ New Mexico State Fair
September 18 – Deadwood, SD @ Deadwood Jam