Madi Diaz - Fatal Optimist (UN-unplugged) (2026) [Hi-Res]

Fatal Optimist (UN-plugged) is a stripped-back collection and further highlights Diaz's ability to cut to the emotional core of her own experiences with startling precision. The album includes four additional “UN-unplugged” tracks with features from Lucy Dacus and August Ponthier. Of Fatal Optimist (UN-plugged), Diaz says: “These songs have two sides now. One being the insular raw, knee jerk world of Fatal Optimist. In UN-unplugged land, I sat with some of my favorite players to date, and we fumbled through these songs together. Not so solitary, more like lonely together - letting a world build, and doing it in full color. Often times when I write a song, I’m still processing whatever it is I’m going through. With Fatal Optimist, my intent was to stay in those early stages of writing and capture that intense, insulated energy of active processing. With the UN-unplugged versions, I feel a bit braver, now standing on two feet, ready to say it all quite a bit louder.”