Again Lacy Sturnm Again Lacey Sturnm
Lacey Sturm, courtesy.
Initially, Lacey Sturm wasn't quite ready for the release of her latest 2 singles, "State of Me" and "The Decree." The duo of songs are heavy, aggressive, and some of her nigh difficult-driving tracks of her career, like her earliest work.
"I was non wanting to mind to any heavy rock music," Sturm said. "'I need some peace in my life; tin can we only play something that's soft and folky?'"
Merely Sturm quickly realized that the urgency of the tracks, especially "State of Me," resonated with the times we live in and became an instantly relatable track for fans.
"Information technology felt similar it was the right fourth dimension for this song for so many people," she said.
Sturm had the chance to test out "The Decree" a couple times on-phase before the shutdown, and said that helped cement that it was the right direction to go in. She co-wrote "State of Me" with Skillet'southward John and Korey Cooper. Sturm has written with Korey Cooper in the past, sang on a Skillet record and played a show with the band, but it was her first fourth dimension working with John Cooper.
"He'due south then unpredictable!" Sturm said. "He's this off-the-wall, goofy, fun guy. Simply information technology was interesting to see him become serious in a creative way. They're really hard workers."
Longtime friends with Korey Cooper, Sturm said that a phone telephone call following Skillet'southward terminal tour got the creative juices flowing.
"She said we should write music sometimes simply to remind myself that I like it," Sturm said.
When information technology comes to recording new music, Sturm keeps things all in the family unit. Her husband, Josh, records, produces and engineers her music. The collaboration didn't come naturally at first.
"Twelve years into our wedlock, information technology'southward easier," Sturm said. "The first few years, when we tried to write it was hard. Nosotros had totally unlike writing styles and nosotros had to effigy that out."
The dynamic of a musical couple is vastly different than that of a "normal" couple, added Sturm, pointing to how other couples tin simply go to work or get out of the firm to get away. She and married man merely buckle down and keep working.
Sturm said she finds inspiration in her most drastic moments, even though the writing may be difficult at get-go. She said she's recently lost a number of people close to her, but 1 in particular weighed heavy.
"I wanted to hibernate and go into hibernation," she said. "I din't want anyone to enquire me questions, I didn't want any cameras, I didn't want anyone to hear my songs."
Sturm found solace in an unexpected place, singing on Brian "Head" Welch'southward Honey and Expiry Project, on a cover of DJ Snake and Justin Bieber track "Permit Me Dear You." Information technology brought her back from the trauma and regret she felt.
"It was and so applicable to what I was going through at the time, but I couldn't express it—and usually I can," Sturm said. "Only that'southward what music does for people."
Sturm has kept busy on a number of projects, including guest-singing on the audio-visual release of Breaking Benjamin's "Dear Desperation." At one betoken information technology was rumored that Sturm and frontman Ben Burnley would embark on an audio-visual project. She said information technology'southward still in the cards.
"We are however texting virtually that, sending songs back and forth, hither and there," Sturm said.
The challenge is finding fourth dimension when the two can be in the same room to record.
"We have the songs, I don't know if they'll ever get out at that place," Sturm said. "In that location's a program, but you never know how it volition unfold."
As for her sophomore release, she said the piece of work continues and the writing and recording is a piece of work in progress, but the tape will see the lite of 24-hour interval this summer. Fans shouldn't necessarily take the first two singles as the direction of the album, she said, because she doesn't want to pigeonhole herself into a certain style or sound before it's done.
Follow writer Mike DeWald atTwitter.com/mike_dewald.
Source: https://riffmagazine.com/podcast/riff-radio-lacey-sturm-raw-honesty/
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