Kat Hasty was writing songs before she could put a pen to paper. “All I ever wanted was to be a writer. Everything else was an afterthought,” said Hasty. “I never knew I would go on tour or be part of the business. I was just writing to deal with life.” Raised, and still rooted in West Texas, her songs have been shaped by the desolation of the desert, the rough and rowdy crowd that comes through these small oil towns, and early signs of depression and an ever present sense of melancholy. Her breakout moment arrived with 2021’s “Pretty Things,” a song that took off online and led to touring the US and Europe, accolades in press and a distribution deal with Thirty Tigers. Her first EP, Drowning in Dreams, resonated far beyond what she could have imagined and earned her a wave of dedicated listeners. Now, Kat is stepping into a bold new era with her sophomore project, Time of Your Life, set to arrive this May. The album marks her first full-band project and a significant departure from the stripped-down acoustic style that introduced her to the world. She’ll be teasing the direction and atmosphere of the record with “Family Business,” a rocked-up recording of a previously acoustic track. Time of Your Life is more akin to the energy of her live shows, embracing a full band accompaniment while still holding tight to the West Texas perspective that sets her apart.