The Ratboys "Singin' to an Empty Chair" 2026 02 27 Buddy Judge & Dan McCarroll preorder Buddy Judge & Dan McCarroll Surrounded by featured collaborators like Fireboy DML The music on the band’s sixth studio album – its first for New West Records – fills the space that person left behind with 11 songs showcasing Ratboys at the peak of their powers — twangy The four piece Chicago band followed up 2023’s highly acclaimed The Window by reconvening with co producer Chris Walla to begin tracking at a rural Wisconsin cabin before taking the songs to Steve Albini’s famed Electrical Audio studios in Chicago and later to Rosebud Studio in Evanston