Lilly Hiatt Forever LP

Forever was a record that was written and recorded one track at a time with my husband Coley. After scrapping about 20 songs or so I had written the last few years, I wanted to get to the heart of things. I had a great talk with a friend on the phone and she mentioned she just wasn't sure where I'd been. I realized I wasn't really certain of that either. It'd been a foggy few years after 2020, and the pieces seemed to just be starting to be picked up. I had fallen in love, gotten married, had a dog, a house…things I had always dreamed of. But it took me quite some time to accept them as my life. For a bit, I felt like an outsider watching myself stumble though everything, and was constantly critiquing myself, to the point where I could hardly leave the house for a bit. But then I realized my life was passing me by, and the love I was living in required presence to accept. I started to do the little things you have to do to just show up for people: listen, grow, change, write….get outside of my own problems. Time is flying, and I want to be here for it all rather than lost in my thoughts all the time. My love is forever. When I was a kid I used to say to my mom and dad "I love you forever and always" then neurotically changed it to "I love you forever and always and it's true and I mean it"…because I wanted to make sure they knew how much I wasn't messing around! I still feel that way when I say "I love you" to anyone and hope it comes across on this record. Love y'all forever!

— Lilly Hiatt

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Tennessee, Lilly Hiatt first earned buzz with a pair of early solo records before breaking out with 2017's Trinity Lane. Produced by Shovels & Rope's Michael Trent, the record helped Hiatt earn dates with the likes of John Prine, Margo Price, Drive-By Truckers, and Hiss Golden Messenger in addition to festival slots everywhere from Pilgrimage to Luck Reunion. NPR called the album "courageous and affecting," while The Independent raved that it showcased Hiatt's "gift for unpicking knotty lyrical themes in a personalised blend of countrified rock music," and Rolling Stone hailed it as "the most cohesive and declarative statement of the young songwriter's career." Hiatt delivered on the album's promise with her similarly well-received 2020 follow-up, Walking Proof, and, unable to tour due to the pandemic, quickly returned to the studio again for 2021's Lately, which The Boston Herald said showcased her "knack for plainspoken, poetic lyrics" and Uncut proclaimed to be "captivating."