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Covers LP features Michael McDonald and John Mayer

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Keith Urban is heading for smoother waters than anyone might’ve expected. The four-time Grammy-winner has announced his 13th studio album, Flow State , due June 12 via MCA Records, and instead of doubling down on arena-ready country-pop, he’s diving headfirst into yacht rock. Yes, yacht rock.

The project finds Urban reworking a suite of breezy soft-rock staples (Ambrosia’s “How Much I Feel,” Player’s “Baby Come Back” and Robbie Dupree’s “Steal Away”) alongside a lone original, “We Go Back,” featuring the genre’s patron saint, Michael McDonald.…