She continued to tweak That’s How Rumors Get Started after she left California in 2018, recording overdubs at home with Ivey. Ramona was born in June 2019, and the subsequent months saw her slow down. “I had been touring really, really heavy for about three years,” she said. “So [it was] a kind of forced vacation, although having a child is not a vacation.” Despite that, she naturally found the time to produce three records, including Ivey’s 2019 solo record The Dream and the Dreamer, and play shows all across the country.
Now, after months in quarantine, she felt like she actually got off the road. “It’s been bizarre. I’m not used to spending this much time at home,” she said. “It has been nice to see spring from the same space. I’m really trying to just embrace it as well.” Even in quarantine, Price has stayed busy, contributing video to a Prine tribute, playing a Pitchfork concert, and producing a radio show. But she and Ivey did as much as they could alone, which translated to months of acoustic sets.
One afternoon earlier this summer, Price was getting ready to hold her first full band practice in a few months. She planned for her bandmates to gather in her Nashville driveway, to be extra careful. “I’ve been playing music in my house all the time, sitting down at a piano, or playing guitar. We sat around the fire last night and I played guitar,” she said a few hours before the practice started. “I just miss playing music with other people.”
The house was hectic as the family settled into really being busy again. “My husband got Mexican food to go, and I have a face mask on—multitasking!” she said. Price’s mom was watching Ramona, now a year old, in the next room. In some ways, it was a sign that a really rough few months for Price and Ivey were finally coming to a close.
On the other hand, Price knew things weren’t going to go completely back to normal. She isn’t planning on traveling or touring anytime soon. Though she’s slated to join Chris Stapleton on his June 2021 arena tour, she knows she’ll probably be at home for a while.
“I’m probably going to focus on writing and recording another record here, because it’s kinda the only thing to do,” she said. “That’s all that matters anyway. Really, all the rest of it is a bunch of pageantry and bullshit.”
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