Zach Bryan’s New EP ‘Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs’: Everything We Know So Far

Zach Bryan has now officially unveiled the tracklist for his 2026 EP, Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs, with the Oklahoma native recruiting Lana Del Rey and Turnpike Troubadours for the eagerly anticipated, star-studded eight-song project.

Del Rey joins Bryan on ‘Lies’, while Turnpike - a band Bryan has regularly cited as being hugely influential during his early career - appear on ‘Plainsman’. The project also features recently teased offerings such as ‘Lodi When’ and ‘Robot Killed The Working Man’.

The eye-catching artwork features Zach Bryan pointing a shotgun at...himself. The back cover finds Bryan holding the gun, with the tracklist extending out of the barrel.

This marks the ‘I Remember Everything’ chart-topper's first project since his sprawling January album, With Heaven On Top, which included a whopping 25 songs. The week after, Bryan treated fans to acoustic renditions of every single track on the album.

In early July, Bryan posted snippets of two new songs, recordings that feel reminiscent of days where he debuted ‘Heading South’ or ‘Godspeed’ – just Zach, his guitar, with simple ambience and simple recording. In the captions, Bryan revealed he had a new EP on the way, Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs.

At his August tour-stop in Salt Lake City, Bryan then revealed to the packed-out crowd that he'll be releasing Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs in October 2026.

Soon after unveiling this new EP via these two new songs on YouTube - and then deleting those shortly after - Bryan shared an acoustic rendition of another new song, called ‘Backwards’, which follows a protagonist grappling with a betrayal.

Though teased on socials in April, Bryan posted a longer version of ‘Lodi When’ on his official YouTube channel on July 3rd, 2026, about a week into his month-long break from his current With Heaven on Tour run. The song’s lyrics feel deeply nostalgic for both a girl and a place, with Bryan singing soulfully on a rainy porch in reflection of a moment where he asks the honest, raw question of what choices he would make if he could go back to a specific time and version of himself.

“If you could write about the man you once were, would you write about drinking, or would you write about her”

Along with this snippet, Bryan also posted an unreleased track called ‘Better Friends’, where he describes the feeling of nights coming to an end and feeling restless, or the ache of something missing. While perhaps not directed at those the night is shared with, but maybe feeling the shift of what once felt fun and exciting being drawn out – and searching for something new in a place that will only offer the same old. Strangely, unless it has a new name, ‘Better Friends’ isn't on the EP tracklist.

“Where do you go when the nights at its bitter end? Are these one of the times that you wish that you had better friends?”

Ahead of the tracklist reveal, it was widely assumed that ‘Breakfast in Bed’ would be appearing on the project. However, like ‘Better Friends’, this is not on the EP's tracklist.

‘Breakfast in Bed’, posted mere weeks before with slightly better-quality production and acoustics, calls back to vices, harsh realizations, and beliefs about oneself given by others. If the EP is about young manhood, and ‘Breakfast in Bed’ does make its way to it under a different title, this song would be the falling action of the man. The lyrics read as a low point and almost self-deprecating, asking questions that typically never travel from one’s mind to leave their mouth, and making statements that have the power to roll over and over in thought.

“You're only human, we all know it too / Does that make your vices, a crutch or the truth / They called you a sickness, an outright disease / Does praying to your God make you hot in the cheeks?”

‘You’ll Get By’ was found to have a little more than average play time for an unreleased record, and the extra hype around it can be chalked up to its designated spot on Bryan’s 2026 With Heaven on Tour setlist. This emotional track with drawn out vocals and live harmonizations with his band's female counterparts have made it beloved among fans, and thankfully, this has been confirmed as the final track on the EP. The song’s lyrics lay out a blueprint for getting through anxious times and assurance to himself, fans, or just humans in general through a simple but profound message – no matter what happens, you’ll get by.

“Well, you'll get by just fine / The coming of the ages / Another fucking dream wasted / And the passing of the time”

With the rapidness that Bryan has been known to write, rewrite, release, and even change his songs after release, it's still possible - of course - that the EP may contain a slightly different tracklist than what has been announced. Zach scatters random recordings of different songs he has written across his Instagram, some hitting hype status and becoming highly anticipated thanks to TikTok algorithms.

Either way, any new music from Bryan is undoubtedly a major cause for celebration, and it's safe to say the anticipation is sky-high among his loyal fans ahead of the EP.