Stephanie’s songwriting is as raw and vulnerable as it gets, and she has a unique way of blending the deeply personal with the universal. Hypocrite offers an emotional rollercoaster from the aching “Good Mother,” which Billboard called "both lyrically and melodically haunting,” to a tongue-in-cheek look at insincerity in “Two-Faced,” which Stephanie recently performed for Ditty TV. On her latest single, “Hospital Parking,” she spins a garage fee into a devastating meditation on loss, with a beautiful piano accompaniment from Wilco’s Pat Sansone. The song was featured this week at NPR Music by Lars Gotrich, who said “Pass the tissues; this one's a tearjerker.” 

Such deep and thoughtful reflection has been a hallmark of Stephanie’s work from the very beginning - when she released her acclaimed 2020 debut album Autonomy, Rolling Stone hailed her “John Prine-esque observation” and NPR Music called her “one of Nashville’s most fearless young singer-songwriters.” Stephanie isn’t afraid to face the uncomfortable, and in the process, she offers up comfort for the rest of us. On Hypocrite, she delivers an album full of love and grace and compassion, as she reminds us that imperfection and humanity go hand in hand.