Clark applies her writerly touch to songs that are bold, relatable, and rich in detail. Big Day in a Small Town finds the GRAMMY®-nominated singer/songwriter following up her acclaimed solo debut—2012’s 12 Stories—with a set of big, beautifully realized country narratives that includes shimmering, hair salon melodrama (“Soap Opera”), brash but subversive rock (“Broke,” “Girl Next Door”), Patsy Cline-like honky-tonky (“Drinkin’, Smokin’, Cheatin’”), and haunting ballads (“Since You’ve Gone to Heaven,” inspired by her father’s death in a logging accident.)