''Priscilla Block'' is an extended play (EP) by American country singer–songwriter

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. It was released on April 30, 2021, via InDent Records and Mercury Nashville. The project contained six tracks, all of which were co-written by Block herself. Also included on the EP was Block's breakout

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Background and content

Priscilla Block developed a growing fan base through social media with songs like "Thick Thighs" and "PMS". Among these songs was "Just About Over You", which gained such a following that Block was able to sign a recording contract in 2020. Block described her self-titled EP as a project that came from a sensitive place: "This EP is such a vulnerable side of who I am and where I’ve been...It’s my story of falling apart in order to find myself again." The disc was produced by

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, along with Robbie Artress, Jake Curry and Justin Johnson. The EP contained a total of six tracks. These songs were all co-written by Block with other songwriters. Five of the album's tracks featured co-writes from Sarah Jones, while two tracks featured Emily Kroll. Block has described both Jones and Kroll as friends. "there’s something about the three of us girls getting together, where I feel we always write great songs," she told ''Songwriter Universe''.

Release and promotion

''Priscilla Block'' was released on April 30, 2021. It was released through Mercury Nashville as a compact disc. It was issued digitally through Mercury Nashville and InDent Records. To promote the disc, Block performed a live-streamed concert through the

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cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. In the days that followed, Block also appeared for the first time at the

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. The album's opening track, "Wish You Were the Whiskey", was released as a promotional single was issued on April 7, 2021. "I Bet You Wanna Know" was later issued as a second promotional single in 2021. The EP also included the radio single, "Just About Over You". The song became a top 15 hit single on the American

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chart in 2021.

Track listing

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Priscilla Block'' and AllMusic. Musical personnel * Stone Aielli – Piano * Robbie Artress – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano * Josh Beale – Acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar * Priscilla Block – Background vocals, lead vocals * Dave Cohen –

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* Jim Cooley – Background vocals * Jake Curry – Background vocals, electric guitar * Sarah Jones – Background vocals * Tony Lucido – Bass * Danny Rader – Acoustic guitar,

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, percussion, piano,

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* Jerry Roe – Drums * Jimmie Lee Sloas – Bass guitar * Bryan Sutton – Banjo,

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, acoustic guitar,

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* Derek Wells – Electric guitar * Nir Z – Drums, percussion Technical personnel * Stone Aielli – Programming * Ribbie Artress – Editing, producer, programming, recording * Sean R. Badum – Assistant engineer * Drew Bollman – Recording * Jim Cooley – Engineer * Ross Copperman – Engineer, mixing, producing, programming * Jake Curry – Producer, programming * Mike "Frog" Griffifth – Production coordinator * Justin Johnson – Producer, programming * Scott Johnson – Production coordination * Zack Kuhlman – Mixing assistant * Tony Lucido – Engineer * Andrew Mendelson – Mastering engineer * Danny Rader – Programming, engineer * Lance Van Dyke – Assistant engineer

Release history

References

{{reflist 2021 EPs Albums produced by Ross Copperman Priscilla Block EPs Universal Music Group EPs