Haylie Davis - Wandering Star

Released 5th June 2026

SK says: 'A Sam Burton-produced throwback which recalls the Laurel Canyon heyday of Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Karla Bonoff. RIYL Natalie Prass, Angel Olsen and Davis's fellow LA revivalists Weyes Blood and Sylvie.'

Haylie Davis channels the spirit of the early 70s, when Carole King and Joni Mitchell redefined songwriting. That time-travelling sensibility is celebrated on Wandering Star, the albums title track and new single, out today. A piano-led meditation steeped in longing, the song carries the eerie shadow of Karen Carpenter, buoyed by a luminous, aching sub-melody.

The blissful ballad Horns of Time taps into a plaintive cosmic country palette reminiscent of Emmylou Harris. Give Me a Rainbow follows, a lo-fi folk reverie recalling Clairo, as if filtered through a back-porch-reclining, wide-eyed Dolly Parton in awe of her own roots. Rolling Stone has hailed Davis earlier recor