PAUL MCCARTNEY RELEASES NEW ALBUM THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE
AVAILABLE NOW VIA MPL/CAPITOL RECORDS HERE
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29 MAY 2026 (TORONTO, ON) - Paul McCartney’s new studio album The Boys of Dungeon Lane is released today. Listen here.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is not only the first new solo album from Paul McCartney in over five years; it is a revealing collection of never-before shared stories, personal memories, and some newly inspired love songs, from one of the most culturally significant figures of our time. Turning the lens inward, Paul revisits the formative years that shaped both his life, and the very foundations of modern popular culture. The album is arguably his most personal and introspective to date, untold stories that transport the listener back to where it all began. The new songs find Paul in a candid, vulnerable and reflective mood, writing with rare openness about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is the story before THE story.
Since the new album was announced The Boys of Dungeon Lane has been surrounded by excitement from fans and media all over the world:
"The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a joyous late-career reminder of McCartney’s melodic genius" Daily Telegraph ★★★★★
"McCartney gets back to his best" The i Paper ★★★★
“his gift for Melody is undimmed” BBC
“McCartney’s best album of the 21st Century” Variety
"an album about life passing that leaves you with a sense of optimism: pure Macca, in other words" The Times ★★★★
“his gift for melody still astounds” The Guardian ★★★★
“Macca delivers some of his most personal and introspective songwriting in years on The Boys of Dungeon Lane” The Independent ★★★★
“a late-career masterpiece” Rolling Stone ★★★★
“I find it impossible to listen to The Boys of Dungeon Lane without feeling moved.” FT ★★★★
"a must-play for any Beatles fan” ASSOCIATED PRESS
"delightfully Beatle-esque in parts in terms of melodies, instrumentation, bold tempo and stylistic changes and, of course, McCartney’s vocals, which sound by turns sturdy and robust and then delicate and vulnerable” BILLBOARD
“Sir Paul’s long and winding career is not ending with a whimper.” Daily Mirror ★★★★
“His gift for staying grounded is written all over these 14 songs, which are strikingly modest and homespun.” Mail On Sunday ★★★★
"Sir Paul’s new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, is so drenched in emotion and honesty that you’d have to be a robot not to feel connected to him.” Metro ★★★★
"reminiscence and romance from pop's master craftsman" MOJO ★★★★
"a record that bears repeated listening and is rich and nuanced" Record Collector ★★★★
"magical" Classic Pop Magazine ★★★★
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is out now via MPL/Capitol Records.
Track list
As You Lie There
Lost Horizon
Days We Left Behind
Ripples in a Pond
Mountain Top
Down South
We Two
Come Inside
Never Know
Home to Us
Life Can Be Hard
First Star of the Night
Salesman Saint
Momma Gets By
