Strays

Margo Price just announced that her new project, "Strays", will be released on January 13th, 2023. On the 10 track project, Price addresses loss, failure, trauma and substance abuse and sonically reveals how she tackled her demons with an indomitable vigor. The result is an album unbound by genre and expectations, one that celebrates freedom in all its forms. Much of the inspiration for the album came after Margo quit drinking; her newfound clarity allowed her to create something musically ambitious and also thematically unabashed on which she sheds her unique light on self worth, self image, self love, bodily autonomy, and the purest of pleasures.

"Strays" marks Price’s 1st new album since 2020’s acclaimed "That’s How Rumors Get Started". The album was produced by Price and Jonathan Wilson, who is known for his work with Father John Misty and Angel Olsen, over a week at Fivestar Studio in Topanga Canyon, CA, in the summer of 2021. The majority of the songwriting occurred a year prior when Price and her husband Jeremy Ivey explored their minds and South Carolina over a six day period while holding hands with psychedelic mushrooms.

With a renewed sense of self and comfort, Price experimented with her longtime band, the Pricetags, and confidently dove into the waters of psychedelic country, r'n'b, pop and rock'n'roll. They tracked in the same room together, exploring and expanding upon their previous works while consciously creating something entirely new. On "Strays" Price also welcomes vocals from Sharon Van Etten and Lucius, and guitar from Mike Campbell.

“I feel this urgency to keep moving, keep creating”, shared Price in a statement. “You get stuck in the same patterns of thinking, the same loops of addiction. But there comes a point where you just have to say, ‘I’m going to be here, I’m going to enjoy it, and I’m not going to put so much stock into checking the boxes for everyone else’. I feel more mature in the way that I write now, I’m on more than just a search for large crowds and accolades. I’m trying to find what my soul needs”.