Dispatch Confirms First Studio Album In 4 Years ‘Yellow Jacket’ & Shares Rootsy ‘Whisk Me Away’ Single

Dispatch announced their first studio album in four years, Yellow Jacket, arriving on June 6 via Bomber Records/AWAL Recordings. The Boston-based band also shared the single, “Whisk Me Away.”

Dispatch co-produced Yellow Jacket with Craig Welsch at Rear Window Studios in Boston. The new record follows the band’s 2021 studio album, Break Our Fall, as well as 2023’s Live From The Boston Woods.

Dispatch’s Chadwick Stokes detailed Yellow Jacket:

“For us, this album is a way to acknowledge what our culture is facing and the effects of the abuse of power. In this album, you’ll find the effects war has on family in ‘Johnny Whoops,’ the complexity and brilliance of Emily Dickinson’s words in ‘Trinket (ft. John Butler)’, and we pay homage to the great activists of our time alongside Ani DiFranco on ‘In the Street,’ as a reminder of how crucial it is to not sit back idly. But mostly, our goal with this album is for listeners to enjoy the tunes in whatever way, hopefully at times collectively, and in community.”

The band previously shared Yellow Jacket’s title track as well as the aforementioned “Trinket” featuring John Butler. Dispatch now follows with “Whisk Me Away,” which “dives into deep themes of life’s fragility and redemption,” as per a press release.

“Whisk Me Away” sees longtime member Matt Embree on lead vocals and features duel guitars “reminiscent of the Allman Brothers.” Listen below:

Dispatch are set to kick off their 2025 Summer Tour with John Butler, G. Love & Special Sauce and Donavon Frankenreiter at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, Florida on June 3. Scroll down for the band’s full itinerary and ticket info.

Yellow Jacket Tracklist:

1. Yellow Jacket
2. Whisk Me Away
3. Trinket (ft. John Butler)
4. The Night Young
5. Everyone’s In the Street (ft. Ani DiFranco)
6. Johnny Whoops
7. Flood
8. The Moon and The Seven Seas
9. Hush Money
10. Tulsa Picnic
11. Darker Light