Ruston Kelly’s Pale, Through The Window is a stirring 13-song portrait of renewal, weaving hard truths, healing, and love into his most openhearted and spiritually grounded album yet.
Ruston Kelly’s new album Pale, Through The Window marks a turning point for the Nashville singer-songwriter, capturing the clarity and joy of a man who has fought his way through addiction, grief, and personal reckoning and come out with hard-won hope. Across 13 songs, Kelly delivers a raw yet radiant portrait of renewal, balancing unflinching vulnerability with moments of unguarded love.
The album moves through shadow and light. The title track offers a somber meditation, while “Twisted Root” digs deep into Kelly’s history with addiction. In contrast, “Waiting to Love You” and “Wayside” shine with unvarnished affection, framing love as both a sanctuary and a defiant act in a chaotic world. Kelly’s intent is clear: to remind listeners that joy is real, even when complicated, and that love remains the most powerful force at our disposal.
“This album feels like a return to the truest, purest, most complete version of who I am as an artist and a human being,” Kelly says. “I wanted to write about joy in a way that was still honest and complicated, because that’s what real joy is. It carries everything that came before it.”
Produced by longtime collaborator Jarrad K and recorded live at Chateau Noir with Kelly’s touring band, the album feels both intimate and instinctive. The sound is a layered mix of shimmering synths, pedal steel played by his father Tim “TK” Kelly, emo-tinged guitars, and Kelly’s pop-punk sensibility. The result is warm, immediate, and deeply human, underscoring songs that grapple with faith, healing, and new love.
Pale, Through The Window is Ruston Kelly’s most emotionally expansive and spiritually grounded work to date, a collection that mirrors his own transformation and extends a hand to anyone searching for light in the darkness.