Over the course of three EPs, Chicago-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alaina Stacey sets out to musically interpret the aesthetics of DAWN, DAY, and DUSK. It is an untraditional approach for a recording project, but one that she hopes reflects the scope of life that these songs cover.  “These are songs that I’ve written over the last decade,” she explains.  “They don’t all make sense on the same album.  Instead I like to imagine them reflecting different sonic and emotional moments in my life.” 

On her latest EP, “DAY,” which is the second in the three-part series EP series, Stacey hones in on active energy, the feeling of walking into broad daylight with a determination to right all of one’s wrongs.

Stacey grew up in a musical family in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, and moved to Nashville at 18 where she toured and recorded with country trio Maybe April.  Now working under her own name, Stacey’s solo work fuses her love of 90’s and early 2000’s country with other musical influences, both old and new.  Recorded and produced by Evan Redwine in Nashville and Brian Deck in Chicago, Stacey’s EP “DAY” features a bright and sunny sonic outlook, despite many of the songs being drenched in heartbreak and lyrical melancholy.  From “Break Your Heart” to “Liar,” Stacey works with an upbeat and shiny pallet to bring hard truths into the harsh light of day. Read more →