Greg Freeman doesn't waste time, and honestly, neither should you when it comes to paying attention to him.
Burnover was one of our favourite albums of 2025 — a sprawling, deeply felt slice of country-rock choogle from a Burlington, Vermont artist who felt like a genuine find. The Magnolia Electric Co. comparisons weren't lazy shorthand; they were earned. Freeman had the weight, the weariness, and the craft to back them up. And now, barely having let Burnover settle, he's announced its follow-up: All Set The Bone.
What We Know About *All Set The Bone*
Freeman has confirmed the new album is coming, and alongside the announcement he's shared a new track called "Indu" — which is exactly the right way to do this. No drip-feed of teaser clips, no cryptic social media nonsense. Just: here's the record, here's a song, make up your own mind.
We haven't got a release date locked in stone to share, but what we do know is that Freeman has also mapped out 2026 tour dates to accompany the release — which suggests this isn't a rushed job. He's giving the album room to breathe and building a proper campaign around it. That's the behaviour of someone who knows what they've got.
"Indu" itself does what Freeman does best — it sits in that liminal space between restless and resigned, the kind of music that sounds like it was written somewhere cold and picked over until it was right. If Burnover was the arrival, this feels like Freeman settling into who he is as a writer rather than proving it.
Why This Matters
The breakthrough album problem is real. You make something that resonates, people start paying attention, and then the question becomes: do you chase what worked or do you trust your instincts? Freeman seems to be doing the latter. All Set The Bone doesn't sound like a man scrambling to replicate a formula. It sounds like a natural next move.
It's worth noting the landscape he's operating in. Artists like [Meg Lui, working with Sufjan Stevens](/getohedz/music/meg-lui-announces-debut-album-instant-validation-produced-by-sufjan), and [Tinashe charting her own course with Popstar](/getohedz/music/tinashe-announces-new-album-popstar-hear-8220crash-out8221), are all navigating that same tension between momentum and authenticity right now. Freeman's doing it without a high-profile collaborator or a pop crossover bid — just the songs, the road, and whatever it is that makes his music feel like it costs something to listen to properly.
The 2026 tour dates are interesting too. Freeman is clearly building for the long game here, not just dropping music into the void and hoping for streams. That pub-table instinct — show up, play the songs, earn the room — is embedded in how he operates.
Our take: Burnover made us care. "Indu" makes us confident that All Set The Bone is going to matter. Freeman is one of those artists who repays attention, and right now he deserves considerably more of it than he's getting. Keep an eye on this one.