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\n\tTexas singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett<\/a>\u2019s career so far has been defined by songs about navigating the grind and working to overcome pressure. As 2025 winds down, he\u2019s succeeded at both. Gossett, at just 26, has played major sets at Stagecoach and ACL Fest, saw his fan base grow exponentially, and dropped his debut full-length album, Westward<\/em>, via his label home Big Loud Texas.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis year was like the first work year. I was settling in,\u201d Gossett tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cThe year before, there was just this explosion from \u2018Coal\u2019 and \u2018Beneath Oak Trees\u2019 and I was still riding on their coattails, just cruising. This year felt like a massive jump.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAfter a pair of EP releases over two whirlwind years, Gossett released Westward<\/em> this past July. The album featured 17 tracks, all of which were written or co-written by Gossett \u2014 including fresh takes on those two big breakthroughs, \u201cBeneath Oak Trees\u201d and \u201cCoal.\u201d The latter launched him<\/a> into the country music consciousness when it found viral fame in 2023.<\/p>\n \n\tIn October, Gossett seized on Westward<\/em>\u2018s momentum with a deluxe version featuring three additional tracks. Two of those were collaborations on songs included on the initial record \u2014 with Noeline Hofmann<\/a> on \u201cAmerican Trail\u201d and Ole 60 on \u201cBack 40.\u201d A third song, the original and unreleased \u201cWindy City,\u201d rounded out the project.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt just felt really perfect to put those out there,\u201d Gossett says of the new songs, \u201cjust as a thing for the fans to sink their teeth into.\u201d But, he says, he had reservations about releasing a goliath deluxe album.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf I\u2019m gonna do something like that, I\u2019ll just put out a new record,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s three songs added, and \u2018Windy City\u2019 is the only real new one. It\u2019s about being on the road, and it fits with the [album\u2019s] theme perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n