Medium Build Details New Album ‘King Of Having Fun’, Shares First Track ‘Armor’

Medium Build, the project of songwriter Nick Carpenter, has announced a new album. King Of Having Fun will span 14 tracks, and its first single, “Armor,” is available now. The release marks the next full-length step for an artist who has spent years quietly building a catalogue that resists easy categorisation.

No release date or label details have been confirmed alongside the announcement, but the single’s arrival suggests the album is not a distant prospect. Carpenter’s work has always balanced intimacy and edge, and the move toward a larger set of songs points to expanding scope rather than a simple collection of new material.

The album title itself reads as a statement of intent—neither purely ironic nor entirely earnest. It sits comfortably inside a body of work that has never chased grand gestures. That restraint is what has made Medium Build worth following, and why this announcement registers as more than just another release cycle.