The ten songs on Sara Bug’s forthcoming self-titled debut album were not meant to be shared. A culmination of seven years of her life, these songs were journal entries that reckoned with defining herself. Growing up in New Orleans, Bug imagined herself to be a successful songwriter. “I was so deep in the music. ‘Oh, I'm going to be a famous musician. When I get out of high school, that's...

excited to share the debut LP from Egghunt records newest signing, Nashville songwriter Sara Bug (the name is an old family nickname due to her diminutive stature). She describes herself this way, with her usual wry humor: World's finest southern-kitsch artist. born in Mississippi, raised in Louisiana, stuck in Nashville.

Her songs balance that humor with deep feeling, which lets them hit hard and stay light at the same time....