Lost Cause Lover Fool I Was Wrong creating the sense of a

creating the sense of a narrator moving between underworld and surface

close-up feel

Highlights include “May It Be” from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

pulsing synths

highlighting their exceptional virtuosity and creative synergy

Lost Cause Lover Fool I Was Wrong creating the sense of aLost Cause Lover Fool is the seventh studio album by Los Angeles indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan released on April 24, 2026 via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. It follows Only See the Moon (2023) and was produced and mixed by Pattengale, engineered by Pattengale and Jason Cupp, and mastered by Kim Rosen. The album is almost entirely a two person affair: Pattengale and Ryan perform all the music