ALBUM PREMIERE: Carly King Steps Out with Poignant Indie Folk Lyricism on Debut LP ‘Loving You Is Easy’

There’s a restless sense of motion running through the music of Carly King — the kind that comes from a life shaped equally by grief, wanderlust, and the search for meaning in ordinary moments. On her debut album, Loving You Is Easy, due May 15 via First City Artists, King introduces herself as a songwriter with an eye for small details and a gift for turning them into something quietly profound.

Produced by Shane Travis at Cloverdale Records, the album settles into a warm blend of folk-country intimacy and soft-edged pop shimmer. Across the record, King’s weathered, sandpaper-textured vocals carry songs that feel lived-in and immediate, balancing earthy storytelling with melodies that linger long after the final chorus. Fans of Kacey Musgraves, Madi Diaz, and Courtney Marie Andrews will recognize the same instinct for pairing vulnerability with understated hooks.

Born in New Jersey, King’s story begins with tragedy. She lost her father at the age of four during the September 11 attacks, an experience that left her with an early understanding of life’s fragility and an enduring hunger to uncover meaning wherever she could find it. That perspective quietly threads its way through Loving You Is Easy, a record that searches for transcendence not in grand gestures, but in dusty floors, school buses, bobby pins, worn boots, and fleeting conversations. King writes about the mundane with reverence, as though everyday life itself is something sacred and temporary.

Raised around New York City — and named after the legendary hotel The Carlyle, where her grandmother once lived — King eventually traded the East Coast for the wide-open landscapes of the American West. She spent years teaching snowboarding in Wyoming and Colorado, experiences that deepened both her independence and her songwriting voice. “The record begins in a martini bar in New York City and ends outside around a fire in the sticks,” King says. “No two places represent me more as a person. I’m equally free-spirited and overpriced, I guess.”

Now based in Nashville, King channels those contradictions into music that feels polished without losing its grit. Loving You Is Easy captures an artist learning how to hold beauty and impermanence in the same hand — finding grace somewhere between city lights, mountain towns, and the hard-earned realization that the simplest things are often the ones worth holding onto most.

Today, Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of Loving You Is Easy ahead of its official release date. In his review of the album, Glide‘s John Moore sums it up perfectly: Straddling the line between folk and country, there is an honesty to both her lyrics and delivery throughout that makes even the quietest moments resonate. Loving You Is Easy succeeds by recognizing that the quietest moments often leave the deepest impression. Singing about grief, longing, or love, King approaches each song with a warmth and restraint that make the album feel deeply personal without ever becoming insular. It’s a debut full of subtle beauty that lingers long after the final track.

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