Josie Toney is an accomplished player that has shared huge stages with top players around the country, but with her new single “Extra” she shows she’s much more than accompaniment. She lays the strong groundwork with melodically rich and lyrically honest songwriting while the band creates a modern country backdrop to her genuine vocal delivery. The instrumentation is nothing more than it needs to be, and that’s a refreshing aspect in a genre that often fills every empty sonic crevasse with unnecessary layers. There’s a live aspect to it that’s just irreplaceable by modern studio magic.
“Extra was born out of that feeling of being too much—too big—too intense—and the search for acceptance and understanding. It’s a love song, but in my own mind it applies to all relationships; be it in friends, communities, families, or lovers, we are all searching for people who appreciate and embrace our various extras.”
