Imperfect Circle

Imperfect Circle is the upcoming sixth studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish scheduled for release on Capitol Records Nashville on November 1, 2019.[3] This is their first new studio album in fourteen years.

The album was announced in December 2018, along with their Group Therapy Tour, the first outing the band had made since 2008.[4] Once the group decided to reform, they went to vocalist Darius Rucker's management company to help them arrange for recording and promotion.[5] The band members decided to record again concurrent with the decision to tour[6] and used the opportunity to debut new tracks live.[7] This release is the first from the band in 14 years and the title was announced on August 9, 2019. The band enlisted Frank Rogers and Jeff Trott to record them, along with a variety of guest musicians.[8] Individual band members brought in songs that they had considered for solo efforts (guitarist Mark Bryan, with "Turn It Up") or that resulted from jam sessions (singer Darius Rucker with pop musician Ed Sheeran on "Wildfire Love"), finally arriving at 17 tracks recorded in the studio.