MEDIUM BUILD SHARES NEW SINGLE "LAST TIME"

MEDIUM BUILD SHARES NEW SINGLE “LAST TIME”

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TAKEAWAYS EP OUT NOW VIA SLOWPLAY/ISLAND RECORDS

NOMINATED FOR EMERGING ACT OF THE YEAR AT THE 24TH ANNUAL AMERICANA HONORS & AWARDS 

 UPCOMING TOUR DATES WITH RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE, TYLER CHILDERS

August 29, 2025—Rising star Medium Build, a.k.a. critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Nick Carpenter, returns with new single “Last Time.” Listen to/share the song HERE.

“I have this friend who is obsessed with superlatives. He is so curious about who’s eaten the most Flamin’ Hot Cheetos or how many people have ever been drunk in the Vatican.”

Carpenter continues, “But sometimes these absurd queries drift into the nostalgic. When was the last time I slept over at my childhood besties house? Did I know the last thing I said to my grandma before she died? When was the last time I held hands with my first love?

We never really clock these moments. They’re always left to the pain of memories. This song is about leaving a moment and knowing it very well might be the last time you talk to, kiss, or hold a person who was a giant part of your life. It’s the odd sobriety you feel when you leave something behind. It’s the yin and yang of need and repulsion. When will I play my last show or eat my last banana? Who knows?”

“Last Time” follows Carpenter’s summer single “Drug Dealer” and his latest EP takeaways (out now via Slowplay/Island Records), which reimagines three songs from the early chapter of his career, featuring one reworked track each from his self-released albums softboy, roughboy and Wild. These new versions highlight the raw beginnings of the Medium Build project, while showcasing the maturity and restraint cultivated over nearly a decade of writing, touring and personal growth. Listen to/share the EP HERE.

Carpenter continues a busy 2025 with a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards. He is also touring throughout the summer, joining Alex Warren, Tyler Childers and Rainbow Kitten Surprise on select dates. Upcoming shows include two nights at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium with Childers as well as a stop at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Rainbow Kitten Surprise. See below for a complete list of dates.

Carpenter recently supported Role Model on his sold-out No Place Like Tour for five dates in Australia. He then headlined shows across New Zealand and Ireland, both of which are now featured in installments of the mini docuseries “DIRT IN YOUR LUNGS.” Watch the official videos HERE.

Carpenter recently performed at the Coachella Music Festival, Kilby Block Party and Los Angeles’ El Rey this summer, and completed a 10-date co-headline run with Petey U.S.A.

Medium Build’s critically acclaimed debut full-length, Country, is out now on Slowplay/Island Records. The record continues to see extensive praise from NPR Music, People, Billboard, The Tennessean, NME and many more, while Rolling Stone featured Medium Build in their Future 25 feature.

Country finds Carpenter wrestling with the idea of home across the album’s twelve songs. Born in Georgia with a close relationship to his Southern roots, the artist now splits his time between hometowns in Anchorage, Alaska and Nashville, Tennessee. “I wanted this album to have my goddamn DNA on it,” Carpenter details. “I wanted Country to have a human touch. I want Country to be something you love with and dance with and cry with and sleep with and lean into.”

The album was recorded on Nashville’s Music Row by Medium Build alongside creative partner Laiko, where the two experimented with genre and style. “We made the album we wanted to make,” Carpenter says. “It’s so easy to get back in touch with yourself if you can throw off the heavy cloak of duty and just do something that feels good.” Identifying as queer, Carpenter draws inspiration from his own exploration of sexual identity and sonically blends classic country, ’80s new wave and ’90s rap and hip-hop.

Creating Medium Build in 2015, Nick Carpenter has gone on to release five studio albums to date. He has become a favorite across the creative community, with artists including John Mayer, Zach Bryan, Elton John, Boygenius and more counting themselves amongst his fans. He has toured with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, FINNEAS, Holly Humberstone and Briston Maroney, and found himself in a highly coveted slot on Zane Lowe’s Artists to Watch 2024 list. In 2023, his collaboration with X Ambassadors on “Friend For Life” found him entering the Billboard charts for the first time.

MEDIUM BUILD TOUR DATES

August 31—Melbourne, AU—The Evelyn Hotel – Matinee Show

August 31—Melbourne, AU—The Evelyn Hotel

September 5—Dillon, CO—Dillon Amphitheater*

September 6—Dillon, CO—Dillon Amphitheater*

September 8—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre*

September 20—Richmond, VA—Iron Blossom

September 24—Camden, NJ—Freedom Mortgage Pavilion†

September 25—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center†

September 27—Bristow, VA—Jiffy Lube Live†

September 29—Forest Hills, NY—Forest Hill Stadium†

September 30—Forest Hills, NY—Forest Hills Stadium†

*with Rainbow Kitten Surprise

†with Tyler Childers

Photo Credit: Tyler Krippaehne