ATLANTA’S PENELOPE ROAD INVITE YOU TO SLOW DOWN WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE “MAYBE IN TIME”
beloved Atlanta quintet Penelope Road reveal another side of their long-awaited debut album Maybe In Time, which arrives October 23 via Warner Records. The group’s dreamy new single “Maybe In Time” is a breath of autumn air: wistful, warm, and all about savoring the small moments we often breeze past on our way to something else.
Co-written by the band with Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves, Real Estate) and produced by Mikey Freedom Hart (Bleachers, Taylor Swift), “Maybe In Time” opens up to a drifting waltz that immediately slows everything down. Plaintive guitar and resonant keys drive a bittersweet melody that slowly unfurls into the chorus: “Maybe in time, while the days and the hours slip by, the dreams that we’ll find won’t even matter / Lost in the pines, and don’t need to look for the light, maybe there’s time for the things that don’t matter.” That hopefulness shines through as the instrumentation grows and blooms to a teary-eyed, grab-a-friend-and-sway-along finish.
“Maybe In Time” reminds us that Penelope Road are musically fluid and emotionally fluent in many modes. They announced Maybe In Time just a few weeks ago alongside “New Money,” a joyous, tongue-in-cheek ode to having enough spending cash to take someone on a Waffle House date in a thrifted tux. With big keys, funky guitar licks, and sticky harmonies, the single plays like a late-’80s convertible-pop fantasy done Penelope Road style.
And the boys opened up their current era with “Smile Again,” a bright summer single about the grounding sensation of seeing your loved one’s smile after time away — or even just a long day. The sweetly breezy rambler was already a proven fan-favorite on the road, helping power the band through an impressively packed year-and-change of tour dates and festival stops.
Last week, Penelope Road made their Grand Ole Opry debut as part of Nashville’s ongoing OPRY 100 celebrations — an illustrious endcap to their long-running Chance Encounter Tour, which most recently included a whole host of headliners, a co-headlining run with Winyah, and dates supporting Marcus King Band, who they joined for covers of The Grateful Dead and Bob Seger. They’ve also played BottleRock, Summerfest, Lollapalooza, and Bourbon & Beyond, among others. On December 19, they’re throwing a homecoming show at Atlanta’s Tabernacle.
Penelope Road’s Chance Encounter EP landed on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “10 Best Albums by Georgia Artists in 2025,” alongside names like Teddy Swims and Playboi Carti, with the esteemed paper praising the band’s “deft blend of classic rock, soul, and funk.” With heart-on-sleeve lyrics, full-band jams, and harmonies galore, the October release included the daydream-y opener “Chance Encounter” and the early highlight “Feel It Coming My Way” — songs that underscore the palpable chemistry of one of music’s most talked-about live acts.
They followed up by showing off their mindmeld to audiences at home with a series of live studio recordings and performance videos, including a fresh, intimate take on “Chance Encounter,” a soulful cover of Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need,” and — recorded for The Recording Academy’s Reimagined series — an Americana-rich 50th anniversary revival of Eagles’ “Lyin’ Eyes.”
Of late, though, Penelope Road have been skipping the covers on their social media accounts to instead preview unheard songs from Maybe In Time. Tune in, slow down, and stay awhile.
Penelope Road Live Dates
Dec 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Penelope Road, Maybe In Time
1. “California”
2. “Smile Again”
3. “Keep Driving”
4. “New Money”
5. “Just Another Night”
6. “I Wanna Know”
7. “Monterey”
8. “Shoes”
9. “One For The Road”
10. “comedown”
11. “MIA”
12. “Maybe In Time”
13. “When The Night Comes Around”
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