It was released on May 19, 2023 through RCA Records. Recording primarily took place from August 2020 to September 2022; the track "Break Free" dates back to 2006.
Work started during the COVID-19 pandemic, with recording sessions taking place with limited band members at a time at the band's Haunted Hollow Studio in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Seven of the 12 tracks on Walk Around the Moon were played live prior to the official album announcement on January 24, 2023. "Break Free" has been played going back to 2006.
At 42 minutes and 42 seconds long, Walk Around the Moon is the band's shortest album to date.
Commercial performance
Walk Around the Moon debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, the first album of theirs not to debut at number one since 1996's Crash while selling 44,000 album-equivalent units in the first week, of which 40,000 were pure album sales. It is Dave Matthews Band's 14th US top-10 album.
John Alagía – arpeggio guitar (5, 10), background vocals (10–11), electric 12-string guitar and synthesizer (5), drum programming, ebow, slide, electric guitar, and Hammond B3 organ (11)
Mark Batson – Hammond B3 organ, piano, and Rhodes (10), Moog bass (11)
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