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Songs We Love: Natalie Prass, 'Short Court Style'

Prass sheds Disney princess comparisons and instead gloves up to pole-vault with her first single off The Future and The Past.
Natalie Prass' <em>The Future and The Past</em> comes out June 1.

corkscrewed some solid Americana roots with her self-titled debut back in 2015, building off chops from touring with and, of course, the twangy pedigree booking time Nashville inherently affords. "Short Court Style," her first, captures a move deeper than her literal one to Richmond, Va. Seeped in sugary, white-sand synth and jazzy guitar grooves that nod to the late '70s, the track sets sail in a new direction for Prass.

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