Wainwright described to the album the "most pop" work he has done in his career. Born on July 22, 1973 in Rhinebeck, New York, Rufus is the son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and the brother of fellow singer Martha Wainwright. He started playing the piano when he was 6 years old and he toured with his family at 13. Around the age of 20 he began his solo stage.
'Out of the Game'will be his seventh studio album, after' All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu ', released in 2010. And for those residing in Spain, the musician will be showing his material in the coming months: on May 4 he will be in Granada, in the Auditorium Del Generalife; on June 1 in Barcelona, at the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival and on June 6 in A Coruña at the Opera Palace.