Alaina Stacey’s new single “Think Of You” has the haunting beauty of an unreleased Kacey Musgraves song. It’s one of the many gems on the Nashville artist’s new EP Dusk, which completes the trilogy begun with her Dawn and Day EPs, all released in the past three years.
“I wrote ‘Think Of You’ after a particularly difficult breakup, when every Nashville staple and local corner seemed to wear his face,” says Stacey. “We had a funny, ongoing argument about who was better, Tom Waits or Bob Dylan. I argued for Waits, my ex for Dylan. Even now, I can’t hear a Dylan song without thinking of him.”
Stylistically, the new EP covers much more ground than Americana. Stacey collaborates with Modest Mouse producer Brian Deck on the solemn-yet-edgy “Revolve”. And the chorus of “Late Night Lies” has the melodic brilliance of a Burt Bacharach ballad.
Not since Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” has there been a complementary collection quite as ambitious as Dusk/Dawn/Day – so let’s hope Stacey completes the project with an EP called Night.
Listen to “Think Of You” below, and find the new EP Dusk on the streaming services.
