It’s been more than two decades since The Calling released a new album, but that’s about to change.
The multi-platinum rock band behind the massive early-2000s hit “Wherever You Will Go” has announced Before the World Turns to Dust, its first new album in 22 years.
The 15-track collection will arrive Sept. 25 via TLG | Virgin Music Group, marking The Calling’s first full-length release since 2004’s Two and coming 25 years after the band’s debut album Camino Palmero.
“If you like The Calling, you’re going to like this,” founding singer, songwriter and guitarist Alex Band said in a press release. “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.”
Band is joined on Before the World Turns to Dust by Daniel Damico on lead guitar and keyboards and Dom Liberati on bass and backing vocals. Produced by John Fields, the album was recorded in Nashville and Minneapolis.
Rather than reinventing the band for 2026, Band says The Calling intentionally embraced the sound that first made the group famous.
“We aren’t trying to chase any current trends or change our sound,” he explained. “We’re just hoping that our big, anthemic sound resonates and that we can connect with people around the world.”
The Calling has already offered a preview of the album with its first single, “Dust,” which was the seventh most-added song at Hot AC radio for the week of Aug. 12. It marks the band’s return to the format after more than two decades.
“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,” Band said of the new track.
The band’s 22-year absence from the album charts wasn’t necessarily part of the plan.
After Two was released in 2004, label and music industry complications stalled The Calling’s momentum. Band eventually released the solo album We’ve All Been There in 2010.
“When we finished our second record, I thought I would do my solo thing for two years and go back to The Calling,” Band recalled. “I never imagined all of the ensuing drama.”
The Calling ultimately returned to the road, and Band began writing again, setting the stage for the band’s first new album since 2004.
“The Calling is what I wanted from the beginning,” he said. “When we got back on the road, it was crazy to see all of the fans who stuck by me.”
Those fans have had plenty of time to keep the band’s biggest hit alive.
“Wherever You Will Go,” which Band wrote when he was just 15, reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 23 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart. It has since surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.
The Calling has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, according to the release, while its music has accumulated billions of streams.
The band will support Before the World Turns to Dust with its 2026-2027 tour, including an Aug. 27 performance at the New York State Fair and a Sept. 25 album release show at Dreamland in Malibu, Calif.
Before the World Turns to Dust will be released Sept. 25.
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