Bill Callahan shares new song, “Stepping Out for Air”

Bill Callahan is getting ready to release his new album, My Days of 58, which is due out February 27 via Drag City. It’s one of our most anticipated albums of 2026, and he’s already shared a couple of singles, including “Lonely City” and “The Man I’m Supposed To Be.” Today he’s shared another new track from the album, “Stepping Out for Air,” which you can hear below.

Callahan shared a statement about the new song:

“This is the song with the oldest origins on the album, tho it was never fully finished until just before the 58 sessions. 

It existed in some form about 15 years ago when it was intended as part of a record I planned to make with Jim White and Warren Ellis. Logistics seemed impossible because Warren was on endless Nick Cave tours so that project evaporated. Maybe it’ll form as a rain cloud and rain down on us someday. 

I held on to the song and it finally found a home on this record as the world cycled back into it having relevance. I like this song. It feels good.”

Bill Callahan’s Dream River is featured on our list of Our 150 Favorite Indie Rock Albums of the 21st Century.