Margo Price Chronicles Rock Bottom Nashville Days With ‘Losing Streak’ Single

Margo Price mined her early days in Nashville for her new single, “Losing Streak.” The biographical original song appears on Price’s upcoming album, Hard Headed Woman, set for release on August 29.

“‘Losing Streak’ tells the story of my early years coming up in Nashville,” Price stated. “It is a coming-of-age story inspired by struggle, substances and the search for the perfect song. It was co-written with my husband and songwriting partner, Jeremy Ivey.”

Price recorded the follow-up to 2023’s Strays with producer Matt Ross-Spang at the historic RCA Studio A, marking Price’s first time recording in Nashville, where she’s resided for over two decades. Fellow singer-songwriter Jesse Welles, who performed with Price at Newport Folk Festival, appears on the Hard Headed Woman single “Don’t Wake Me Up.”

A description accompanying the release of “Losing Streak” explained the song’s source material:

Price revisits her earliest days in Nashville on new single, “Losing Streak”: sleeping off a three-day party in the backseat of her ’91 Ford Explorer, moving to town with a handful of half-finished songs, spending two weeks in the same clothes on the brink of a mental meltdown, lost and slipping low, wondering why she left home and came down here at all. Whirling in with an organ and a world-worn sense of defiance, this resilient country rocker offers proof that while our worst times don’t define us, they are always part of who we are.

The album was heralded by the lead single, “Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down.” Price can be seen on her upcoming tour supporting her fifth full-length studio release.

Watch the video for “Losing Streak”: