“Drunk On YOu”
Single Release Date: Friday, May 24th, 2024
“Drunk On You,” the lead single off of Marley Hale’s debut EP, By My Own Ways, is set to release May 24th, 2024. Inspired by bitingly honest country songwriters like Loretta Lynn and a rich history of drinking songs, “Drunk On You” grapples with sobriety and heartache.
Based in New York City, but originally born in Texas and raised in California, Hale has spent the last year touring the country and performing to a growing audience at home in New York. Recently featured on Western AF’s Monthly and Official Spotify playlists, Hale is a poignant songwriter with a distinct voice.
By My Own Ways is set to release on July 26th, 2024. The next single ahead of the EP, “Dear Girl,” will be released on June 21st.
About:
With a beguiling voice that would feel right at home on classic country radio, Marley Hale delivers a captivating country/folk sound rooted in the refined yet adventurous musicality she’s cultivated almost her entire life. As revealed on her debut EP By My Own Ways, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter matches her timeless sensibilities and graceful musicianship with a one-of-a-kind narrative voice, endlessly merging raw truth with mesmerizing storytelling.
Born in Austin but raised in Northern California, Hale first learned to play guitar from her father at age 10 and soon began writing songs of her own. Although she grew up listening to classic-rock bands like Led Zeppelin and pop visionaries like Kate Bush and David Bowie, she later became fascinated with folk luminaries such as Karen Dalton and Bob Dylan and eventually discovered the artists she now lists among her essential touchstones, including Loretta Lynn and Gillian Welch. Before creating her debut EP, Hale spent a month alone in a cabin in Joshua Tree—a transformative period that included getting sober and recommitting to music as a form of emotional excavation.
Co-produced by Hale and Dylan McKinstry at Greenpoint Recording Collective, By My Own Ways presents a collection of lived-in stories capturing moments of danger and desperation and all-consuming longing, setting each track to a sound that’s rich in finespun detail. On the EP’s slow-burning lead single “Drunk On You,” waltz-like rhythms and hypnotic guitar riffs meet in a moody rumination on sobriety and heartbreak, while the darkly spellbinding “Dear Girl” finds Hale mining such niche influences as Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western scores. Mainly recorded live with her longtime bandmates (and several session musicians), By My Own Ways also encompasses everything from smoldering country-rock to piano-laced honky-tonk—ultimately lending a strangely enthralling power to Hale’s intimate meditations on self-loathing and self-acceptance.