When Mississippi native Schaefer Llana took a job as an engineer at Dial Back Sound, the studio owned by Drive-By Truckers bassist Matt Patton, she set in motion the events that would lead to Full Circle, her label debut.
It was at that studio where she met Jimbo Mathus (a founding member of Squirrel Nut Zippers), who, impressed with her vocals, asked Llana to sing on records he was producing and eventually invited her to join his touring band. Years later, after relocating to Austin and touring the country on her own, she returned to the studio, this time to record Full Circle. In keeping with the album’s title, it also features two songs written by Mathus, who appears on the opening track, “In a Scare.”
For many, that track will serve as their first…

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