After more than two decades away, multi-platinum Los Angeles rock band The Calling are back: the group will release their long-awaited third studio album, Before The World Turns To Dust, on September 25 via TLG | Virgin Music Group. It’s the band’s first full-length since 2004’s Two, arriving 25 years after their platinum-selling debut Camino Palmero broke them internationally, and it’s led by the new single “Dust.”
In the years since their last record, The Calling have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, generated billions of streams, and regularly draw more than eight million monthly listeners on Spotify. At the center of that legacy is “Wherever You Will Go,” the song Alex Band wrote at just 15 years old, which reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100, spent 23 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart, was named the chart’s No. 1 Adult Pop Song of the Decade, and has since surpassed one billion Spotify streams.
Before The World Turns To Dust finds founding singer, songwriter, and guitarist Alex Band joined by Daniel Damico (lead guitar, keyboards) and Dom Liberati (bass, backing vocals). Produced by John Fields and recorded in Nashville and Minneapolis, the 15-track album leans into the soaring melodies and emotional immediacy that defined the band from the start. As Band puts it:
“If you like The Calling, you’re going to like this. It’s in the same vein of what we’ve done since day one. We keep it simple. After all of this time, we still write big and anthemic rock-pop songs that uplift and make you feel something.”
– Alex Band
“We aren’t trying to chase any current trends or change our sound. We’re just hoping that our big, anthemic sound resonates and that we can connect with people around the world. It’s truly our fans who have kept us alive, never giving up on us like we have never given up on ourselves and our belief that music does so much more than just entertain.”
– Alex Band
The album is introduced by “Dust,” a sweeping meditation on love, human connection, and the forces that bind people together even as the world seems to come apart. Band explains:
“We were initially writing ‘Dust’ as a timeless love song set in an apocalyptic world—kind of like what ours feels like at the moment—but then the song got a bit deeper. We’re all basically born from cosmic dust and connected by the same energy that flows through us. Maybe love amplifies that subatomic connection. Maybe love can even transcend space and time.”
– Alex Band
More than 20 years after their last radio campaign, the band are already making their presence felt again, with “Dust” ranking as the 7th most-added track at Hot AC radio the week of August 12 — a return to the format The Calling dominated in the early 2000s. The band have also shared a stripped-down acoustic performance of the single, which can be viewed here.
The road back was anything but straightforward. After 2004’s Two, label and industry complications stalled the band’s momentum, and Band released his solo album We’ve All Been There in 2010. Not long after, he received a Parkinson’s diagnosis and spent the next seven years working to regain his motor skills. By 2018, his condition had dramatically improved, allowing him to begin writing again and ultimately bring The Calling back to life.
“When we finished our second record, I thought I would do my solo thing for two years and go back to The Calling. I never imagined all of the ensuing drama. The Calling is what I wanted from the beginning. When we got back on the road, it was crazy to see all of the fans who stuck by me. I didn’t even know I’d be alive at this point. It’s changed my perspective. Each day is a pleasant surprise, especially when things work out.”
– Alex Band
Pre-save / pre-order Before The World Turns To Dust: https://tlgent.ffm.to/thecalling-btwtd — Listen to “Dust”: https://tlgent.ffm.to/thecalling-dust
Before The World Turns To Dust track listing:
- Stand Up Now
- Finally
- Dust
- Don’t You Cry
- Runyon Skies (Interlude)
- Hold On Me
- Strange
- Stay
- 11th Hour (Interlude)
- Won’t Let You Down
- Heaven
- Crystal Ball
- Saudade (Interlude)
- The Fool That You Are
- How Long
The Calling is:
Alex Band – vocals, guitar
Daniel Damico – lead guitar, keyboards
Dom Liberati – bass, backing vocals
The Calling – Before The World Turns To Dust Tour 2026/2027:
Aug 27 – Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair
Sept 2 – Walla Walla, WA @ Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days
Sept 19 – West Springfield, MA @ Court of Honor Stage
Sept 25 – Malibu, CA @ Dreamland (Record Release Show)
Oct 16–18 – Park City, UT @ Egyptian Theatre
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