Carly Pearce thought her fourth album, hummingbird, would be a much different kind of project. She even had a title track in mind, “country music made me do it,” an upbeat tune with a wink and smile Pearce felt would help shift her away from the heavy emotions of her hugely successful 29: Written In Stone. She liked the idea so much she also picked it as the name of last year’s headline tour, so all the pieces were set. Then, “hummingbird” floated in on the wind, changing everything.
A tender mix of vulnerability and virtue, delicate but determined to never let a wild world crush its spirit, the feathery roots ballad became a rally cry for Pearce, and the central theme of an album all about inner balance. Arriving June 7 via Big Machine Records, is far
