From Country To Yacht Rock: Keith Urban Releases First Taste Of His Highly Anticipated Cover Album
on Apr 29, 2026
A Cover Of “Summer Breeze” And An Original Song Featuring Michael McDonald Offer A Sampling Of What To Expect
For the past week, Keith Urban has been teasing something “extra smooth” coming on Wednesday, April 29.
With this announcement, which features faded 8mm video of Keith at a beach, the memorable Seals and Croft melody to “Summer Breeze” can be heard.
Back on March 19, Keith announced he’ll be releasing his first cover album, and he surprised fans at the Country Radio Seminar ’26 when he revealed it wouldn’t have any country songs on it.
Instead, Keith said, “It’s a thematic record … yacht rock songs.”
Upon him saying this, laughter and some cheers could be heard from some in the audience, to which Keith replied, “You think I’m kidding? I’m not kidding.”
Expounding on his love for the yacht rock sub-genre on Apple Music 1, Keith Urban said: “I’ve sort of rediscovered a big love for songs that would fit into the yacht rock category. All that music I really, really love.”
In a press release, Keith added:
“The origins of this kind of music was, in certain ways, a reaction and an antidote to the stresses of the times. Its sole mission (and soul mission) is unchanged…to bring us together and remind us that life is happening NOW- the eternal now- and we have far more in common than not. I hope wherever you hear this album you can feel the exhale, comfort and optimism these songs were originally written by and for.”
Interestingly, since the release of his 1991 debut album, Keith Urban, the following 35 years have not seen him release a cover album, until now.
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Listen To “Summer Breeze” And “We Go Back”
Now, on April 29, Keith not only released his cover of “Summer Breeze,” with a lyric video, which can be seen below, but he also released an original song that will be on the upcoming album.
Keith also revealed the title of his yacht rock cover album and when it will be released.
Titled flow state, stylized in all lowercase letters, the album of yacht rock tunes will be released on June 12.
Featuring 11 tracks, Keith had said there will be an original song he wrote in the yacht rock style included in the mix, titled “We Go Back.”
That song, which features Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, is available now to stream in addition to “Summer Breeze.”
The complete track list includes:
- “Steal Away”
- “Baby Come Back”
- “Magnet and Steel” (ft. Little Big Town)
- “Just the Two of Us”
- “On and On”
- “We Go Back” (ft. Michael McDonald)
- “Help Is On It’s Way”
- “How Much I Feel”
- “Summer Breeze”
- “I Just Wanna Stop”
- “Guitar Man” (ft. John Mayer)
Watch the lyric video to Keith Urban’s take on “Summer Breeze,” here:
Watch the lyric video for “We Go Back” with Michael McDonald, here:
Pre-save Keith Urban’s yacht rock cover album, flow state, on your preferred streaming platform, here.
