Twelve years since Mindy Smith released her eponymous fifth studio album Mindy Smith (2012), the acclaimed singer-songwriter has announced the forthcoming arrival of her new album Quiet Town. Slated for release on October 4th courtesy of Compass Records, her sixth studio LP is preceded by its earnest and evocative lead single and title track “Quiet Town.”
“I wrote ‘Quiet Town’ while sitting on my back porch in East Nashville,” Smith explains in an official statement. “While initially inspired by missing, even grieving, what has been lost (literally and figuratively) in Music City to make way for growth and ‘progress,’ the song pushed back. It seemed to want to be written about the charms of any time or place that not too long ago seemed to offer a different kind of ease to dwell in. Turning the script even further to find comfort in how cool it is to be counted among those able to have lived in such a time or place, wherever it may be, and to have a fortune of memories to share.”
Comprised of eleven compositions and produced by Neilson Hubbard at East Nashville’s Skinny Elephant Recording Studio, the new album will be supported by a fall tour that commences October 11th in New York City, following Smith’s showcase performance at AmericanaFest in Nashville this September.
Listen to “Quiet Town” below and be sure to mark October 4th in your calendar.
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