Throughout Face the Feeling, Riccio finds masterful balance between extremes, indulging in the light and the dark, the subtle and the direct, the ecstatic highs and the mournful lows. “You have to chase what moves you, what’s exciting you,” the Nashville-via-Colorado musician says. For Riccio’s sublime debut album, Whiplash, that meant exploring growing up and coming of age, hoping to find a route away from chaos and pain. On the follow-up, she courageously wades into the uncomfortability and luxuriates in the catharsis—finding a remarkable strength in leaning into the power of change rather than resisting it.

In addition to the shifting inspiration, Riccio reaches beyond folk and country to find a new, more electric path through emotionally unguarded terrain. By merging the introspective storytelling of Americana with the restless pulse of indie rock, she reaches a deeper strength than those filling her already impressive résumé. Those heights include Riccio having received the John Prine Songwriters Fellowship Award at the Newport Folk Festival, earned an Americana Honors & Awards Nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year, dazzled at the legendary Grand Ole Opry, and having made her national TV debut on CBS Saturday. She’s toured with legends and icons including Lucius, Jason Isbell, and Iron & Wine. And yet despite those accolades and achievements, Face the Feeling pushes out to even more adventurous boundaries.

Released 5/15/26 through Yep Roc, Face The Feeling is here on limited edition black & white splash vinyl LP & CD.

Event preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after the event date. Please pick up your copies of Face the Feelingno later than August 15th.