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““With twangy guitars and gut-punch melodies charting the emotional coordinates of impulse and desire, Alycia Lang’s Mtn Laurel Recording Co. debut has arrived just in time for the current country moment.” ”
“Exuding vulnerability and instrumental prowess, Alycia Lang is not just another singer- she’s the soft, plush pillow that we want to come home to and lay our heads on every night.
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“ Complex lyrical themes take centre stage – thanks in no small part to her crystal clear vocal delivery.”
“MakeShift is the beautiful undoing of one identity, in order to make way for something new. It traces the destruction of balance with an eloquent respect to the power and importance not only of chaos, but also of growth and rebuilding. Stream Alycia Lang’s MakeShift... and bask in the glow of intimate renewal.”
“The breezy blend of indie folk and pop finds Lang weaving her irresistible vocals atop an understated but rich sonic landscape making for an immediately infectious listen.”
““Lang is truly the embodiment of the proverbial breath of fresh air”
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“Her capacious voice fills the track, darting in and out between the finger-picked chords and scratchy feedback, making for a haunting, introspective listen”
““Captures my full attention... Sparse, enchanting, earthly, sincere folk-rock””
There's a particular kind of songwriter who resists easy categorization not because they're being coy, but because they simply can't help it. Alycia Lang is one of those artists. A Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, Lang has spent the better part of a decade writing songs that slip between genres the way light moves through a prism — refracting into something unexpected and entirely her own.
Her debut full-length, Speak The Word To Hear The Sound, announced her as a singular voice in an increasingly crowded landscape. Intimate and wide-ranging, the album tells the stories of life's transitions — the in-betweens, the letting-go's, the quiet and not-so-quiet revelations that accumulate into a life lived honestly. Each song is a small, complete world: a testament to spontaneity, vulnerability, and the rare artistic discipline of letting a song be exactly what it needs to be. True to its ethos, some songs on the record exist as one-take demos on the final track listing — as an artist, Lang knows that if a feeling is right the first time, you don’t chase it.
The range on the record is a statement in itself. Hard-hitting, tongue-in-cheek rock songs channel feminine rage with precision and wit. Meandering folk songs wind through memories of childhood homes with the kind of detail that makes a stranger's story feel like your own. Together, they form a mosaic of human experience — different textures and emotional temperatures — unified by the truth that life, like art, is unpredictable yet universal.
That philosophy has resonated. Singles "Bad Luck Bad Habit" and "My Kind," released through Mtn Laurel Recording Co, earned immediate critical acclaim and significant playlist placement — including the cover of Spotify's Fresh Finds Folk and featured spots across editorial playlists and ‘best-of’ lists industry-wide.
Her path to that moment was shaped by six years in Oakland, CA followed by another six in Durham, North Carolina's vibrant music scene, where she honed her craft and toured as a live band member with acts like Samia — developing the instinctive musicality and stage confidence that only comes from putting in the miles. It's the kind of apprenticeship that rarely shows up in a press release but shapes everything about how an artist hears and performs music.
Now back in her home state of California, Lang has planted herself in the Northeast Los Angeles folk-revival scene — a community defined by its commitment to craft, literary sensibility, and willingness to take pop melody seriously without sacrificing the soul of a song. In that company, Lang is both a peer and a standout: a writer's writer who also knows how to plant an earworm.
Her forthcoming songs, slated for summer 2026, mark a deliberate and joyful evolution. Where earlier work lived firmly in folk and indie rock, these new tracks reach toward hook-driven melodies and danceable rhythms — a light-hearted exuberance that still carries her signature emotional intelligence underneath. Lead single "Soft Sign" is an early indicator: bright and propulsive, with a melodic openness that invites and rewards repeat listens.
Lang describes the shift as making the music her younger self always wanted but never gave herself permission to attempt — not a reinvention, but a kind of light-hearted homecoming. Her summer 2026 releases mark a joyful evolution: brighter, more danceable, and more unabashedly catchy than ever — but always grounded in the craft and emotional honesty her fans know her for.
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