When Minnesota native Caitlyn Smith first arrived in Nashville and found herself in writers’ rooms about Music Row, she marveled at the simplicity and purity their songs were in initially: just vocals and guitar or piano. To this day, it’s her favorite form in which to listen. It’s with that foundation in mind that Smith releases her brand-new EP Supernova Acoustic, available today on Monument Records.
“Patty Griffin’s Living with Ghosts was one of the records that changed my life,” reflects Smith. “I’ve been thinking a lot about how I would want this to sound, how I would want an acoustic EP to feel.”
The entire EP is Smith on guitar and piano. “It’s always been a bucket list of mine to release recordings in this way, so the listener can experience the song in its most vulnerable form. I’m really proud we were able to include songs from both Starfire and Supernova as I feel like this is the perfect bridge between the two albums.”
Supernova Acoustic features four re-imagined tracks originally from Smith’s sophomore album Supernova, released last year, as well the critically-acclaimed “Tacoma” from her debut Starfire.
Each track on Supernova Acoustic offers something different. Acoustic’s version of “Supernova” includes the original demo Smith put down the day she wrote the song, recorded in a voice memo on her phone. If you listen closely, you can hear her two young boys playing in the background. Fitting for a song about motherhood and growing up.
The acoustic EP’s version of current single “I Can’t” compliments the track featuring GRAMMY-Nominated band Old Dominion as it approaches Top 40 at Country radio.
The raw, introspective songs on her original release, Supernova, released in March 2020, have resonated especially strongly with fans throughout the pandemic, with various tracks being called out by The FADER as “the kind of song we could all use right now” and by Esquire, who noted “Good. Old. Classic. Sadness. Caitlyn Smith’s moody track is the kind of song that you listen to when you’re working your way out of that terrible place.”
About Caitlyn Smith:
After winning a Critics Choice Award and writing songs for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor and John Legend, Garth Brooks, and Jason Aldean, Caitlyn Smith has established herself as one of Nashville’s brightest rising stars. Undeniably one of the best vocalists of this generation, Smith’s 2018 Starfire and 2020’s Supernova saw her in the pages of TIME Magazine and The New York Times, and had her named to Rolling Stone’s 10 country artists to know and Paste’s 10 country artists to watch. Her current single “I Can’t” feat. Old Dominion, impacted country radio in late February. Visit CaitlynSmith.com for more information or online on Instagram and Twitter @caitlynsmith or @caitlynsmithmusic on Facebook and TikTok.
