Joelton Mayfield - Crowd Pleaser (2025)

Posted By: Fizzpop

Date: Oct. 22, 2025

Crowd Pleaser, the stunning debut album from Texas-raised, Nashville-based songwriter Joelton Mayfield, is the result of nearly a decade of work and reflection. Written and recorded in the wake of personal heartbreak and years of questioning faith, the album captures Mayfield's journey from small-town Texas church music director to an emerging voice in indie rock and alt-country. Tracked over three weeks in a converted barn near Alabama's Mobile Bay, Crowd Pleaser brings together a patchwork of trusted friends and collaborators, with songs that lean into the raw edges of disappointment, doubt, and self-discovery.

Across ten tracks, Mayfield draws from the tradition of incisive Southern storytellers and country-rock bands unafraid to push boundaries. His songs wrestle with the hypocrisies of his upbringing, the unraveling of old beliefs, and unexpected moments of clarity. From the layered apocalyptic energy of album opener "Red Beam" to the quietly devastating hymn "Jacob Dreamed a Staircase," Crowd Pleaser introduces Joelton Mayfield as a songwriter unafraid to confront the most difficult lessons he's learned in his life and turn them into these songs meant to be shared like communion.

Includes digital pre-order of Crowd Pleaser. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

TRACKLIST

1. Joelton Mayfield - Red Beam
2. Joelton Mayfield - The Shore
3. Joelton Mayfield - Speechwriter
4. Joelton Mayfield - Turpentine (You Know the One)
5. Joelton Mayfield - Now
6. Joelton Mayfield - Jacob Dreamed a Staircase
7. Joelton Mayfield - Blame
8. Joelton Mayfield - Pretty Linda
9. Joelton Mayfield - Baltimore
10. Joelton Mayfield - Mouth Breather

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