When Rivers Meet have released the video for “Caught In The Middle,” the third single from their forthcoming album ‘Rhythm Rust & Static,’ due June 19, 2026. The husband-and-wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond have built a track that lives exactly where its title suggests, caught between knowing better and doing it anyway.
Grace explains the lyric directly: “It’s about being pulled between knowing you should walk away from something and still feeling drawn back to it. It sits right in that tension between your head and your heart.” Aaron adds that the music mirrors that feeling deliberately: “The groove keeps pulling you back in, almost like you can’t quite escape it. It feels dark and hypnotic at the same time.” Both descriptions are accurate.
“Caught In The Middle” follows “The Script,” which won Classic Rock Magazine’s Track of the Week, and “The Tide Is Turning,” named Red Hot Track of the Week by Rushon Rock. ‘Rhythm Rust & Static’ has already earned a 5/5 from Music-News, which called it “ragged and glorious. Absolutely essential.” The album arrives June 19 due to a brief vinyl manufacturing delay, a decision the band made to ensure everything arrives exactly as it should.
Three-time UK Blues Awards Band of the Year winners, When Rivers Meet go their own way and always have. A full UK tour runs through the summer and fall. Tickets are available at whenriversmeet.co.uk/tour.
2026 Rhythm Rust & Static Tour:
23rd July, Arts Centre, Colchester
24th July, Forum, Tunbridge Wells
7th August, The Witham, Barnard Castle
8th August, The Cluny 2, Newcastle
21st August, Acapela, Cardiff
22nd August, The Boileroom, Guildford
3rd September, The Parish, Huddersfield
4th September, MacArts, Galashiels
5th September, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
6th September, Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
17th September, The Fleece, Bristol
18th September, Norwich Arts Centre
1st October, Arlington Arts, Newbury
2nd October, Black Prince, Northampton