Marcus King Releases ‘Rescue Me’ Single

Marcus King shared “Rescue Me,” the second single from his forthcoming Young Blood studio album. The Dan Auerbach-produced LP arrives via Rick Rubin’s American Records/Republic Records on August 26.

Young Blood marks the guitarist’s sophomore solo studio album following 2020’s El Dorado. King recorded the 11-track LP at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville last summer. Marcus and Dan wrote the material on Young Blood in collaboration with Desmond Child and Angelo Petraglia.

“Rescue Me” came accompanied by a live performance video filmed at Easy Sound. The guitarist was backed by drummer Chris St. Hilaire and bassist Nick Movshon, who each contributed to Young Blood.

“‘Rescue Me’ cuts a little deeper than the rest for me.” Marcus explained to American Songwriter before adding, “This song is a literal cry for help, one of the least metaphorical tracks on the record and a memory that’s difficult to relive each night but is important to remember. This is also one of the first times I collaborated with our good friend, the amazingly talented artist/ writer Andrew Gabbard.”

Check out the studio version and live performance video for “Rescue Me” below: