Laura Mustard - Hibernation
A new single on slowing down and enjoying the winter months with warmth and simplicity instead of hitting the ground running with resolutions in 2026!
Release date: January 2, 2026
ARTIST INFO:
Genre: Pop/Folk
Homebase: Nashville, TN
Hometown: Fairfield, CT - regional touring in CT/MA music scene
RIYL: Jason Mraz, Molly Tuttle, Ingrid Michaelson
RECENT PRESS
Nashville Voyager Magazine: https://nashvillevoyager.com/interview/life-values-legacy-our-chat-with-laura-mustard-of-west-end-highlight
The Other Side Reviews:
https://www.theothersidereviews.com/laura-mustard-afraid-of-the-dark-2025/
Invisible not broken podcast: the Creative Process, Self Worth & dating with disability
Country Lowdown: Laura Mustard Releases New EP
Bold Journey Interview: Meet Laura Mustard: From Burnout To Balance
Country Lowdown: Introducing Nashville Based ARtist Laura Mustard
Female Music EntrePreneur Podcast: https://www.femusician.com/captivate_podcast/confident-vulnerability-on-social-media-with-laura-mustard/
“Why do we put away the Christmas lights right after the ball drops? You know Old Man Winter and Jack Frost are just getting started…”
Biography
Nashville-based musician, Laura Mustard, is more at home in the woods or a dog park than in a bar or club. She’s like your awkward sister who loves talking about feelings and wants to help you live your best life under the trees. This deep introspection was cultivated by Laura’s unique upbringing. Growing up in Fairfield, Connecticut, Laura’s childhood was filled with hospital visits and medical routines at home. Those early experiences make body positivity and self-acceptance a vital focus in both her life and her music. While in graduate school, Laura found kindred spirits in the musicians that she met at the now-Infamous Yellow Sofa Open Mic. This community of musicians led to Laura joining the jam band Stillbridge as their piano player, and the classic-rock band, The SilverTone5, as their drummer. Through these bands, she played all over the Connecticut and Western Massachusetts music scenes. Influenced by pop, singer/songwriter, Motown, and bluegrass, Laura released her debut EP, Ramble On, in 2016. In 2020, Laura had her first “cut” with a co-written song, “Colour Will Come Back” with Country UK Artist, Sabine. Teaming up with producer Ben Bishop, Laura released her sophomore project Treehouse in 2020, featuring a professionally produced music video that was filmed in a real treehouse and told a time traveling love story. Laura’s first full album release in 2022 was called Typewriter, a concept album on technology that was born out of a period of reflection on technology, her body and self acceptance during the pandemic in 2020. She followed this up with her Dirty Minds & Wild Hearts EP, a retrospective collection of songs about dating with chronic illness.
For her latest release, Laura worked with Nashville producer Nolan Sorsby to create “Hibernation” - a stripped down folk song about slowing down and appreciating the coldest months of the year. She states, “resolutions just feel like setting yourself up to be disappointed.” Instead, Laura works on finding gratitude for the past year and focuses on enjoying the slowed-down magic that the winter months can offer. Laura also has been an avid typewriter collector and user (how she writes many of her lyrics) and lists coloring books, meditation and 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles as some of her hobbies - so a song about hibernating and finding joy in slowing down during the winter months really tracks. In the chorus she sings, “I’ll measure my days in dog walks and nights in the songs I’ve sang, stories to get lost in and heart-to-hearts with friends” as a true push-back against productivity, hustle, and our overstimulating society that is filled with screens and noise. This song will be available on all streaming platforms on January 2, 2026 - just in time for the New Year to provide some balance to all the resolutions!
