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LACEY STURM’S “IMPOSSIBLE” SCREAMS INTO ITUNES’ TOP 5 AT ROCK
News About First Single From Former Flyleaf Frontwoman’s
2016 Solo Album Debut, Life Screams, Goes Viral
Korn, P.O.D., Skillet Band Members Participated In Instagram Cover Art Reveal
Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated frontwoman of Flyleaf (through 2012), Lacey Sturm, returns to music with her debut single as a solo artist, “Impossible,” screaming into the top five of the iTunes Rock Top Songs chart. The single reached as high as No. 2 on the chart today while continuing to gain momentum as news about Lacey’s return went viral and following SiriusXM Radio Octane’s premiere of the song Nov. 1. In rotation now at Octane and going for radio adds everywhere Monday, Nov. 9, “Impossible” marks the first single from Lacey’s highly anticipated solo debut, Life Screams, set to release independently in early 2016 on FOLLOWSPOT Records with The Fuel Music distribution.
The vocalist and songwriter who delivered rock anthems like “Again,” All Around Me,” “I’m So Sick” and “Fully Alive” to the top of the retail and radio charts, Lacey shares the impetus behind “Impossible” on her Instagram: “I still have a fire in me to be a voice of love to people who feel unloved… For me, today is the beginning of new ways to live the impossible, and I have so much faith, hope and love in my soul.” (See Lacey’s Instagram for the full post.)
After news of Lacey’s return was released last Friday, word began to spread virally across the web with Alternative Press coverage alone receiving over 32,000 Facebook shares. Loudwire, Blabbermouth and numerous other rock sites across the world also picked up the news and shared it with a legion of music fans internationally.
Additional widespread social media exposure followed Lacey’s Instagram scavenger hunt for eight hidden square pieces of the Life Screams cover artwork. It took less than an hour for not just one, but hundreds of Lacey’s Instagram followers to discover and assemble the pieces revealing the full cover artwork. The images were found “hidden” on Brian “Head” Welch (Korn), Sonny Sandoval (P.O.D.), Korey Cooper and Jen Ledger (Skillet), and others’ Instagram sites.
Three years after amicably parting ways with Flyleaf, Lacey exclaimed, “I was listening to the radio one day and I said to myself, ‘If I hear one more song telling people to kill themselves and go to hell, I’m going to have to put a record out!’”
Approaching her latest creative phase with newfound perspective and appreciation, Life Screamsorganically grew out of a community of artists in Lacey’s hometown of Pittsburgh. Through this community, Lacey’s live band formed and have already performed for crowds in the tens of thousands with major rock festivals booked in 2016.
“We have written songs with our friends in their houses and in our living room and basement, and we have been learning a lot about love and not taking life for granted,” says Lacey. “We’ve learned that if we have the miracle of breath in our lungs and a voice in our heart, then we should use it for love.”
For all the latest Lacey Sturm news and tour detail, go to LaceySturm.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube andInstagram.
About Lacey Sturm:
Lacey has earned legions of fans worldwide through her emotive voice, chart-topping songwriting and sheer sincerity of the uplifting messages pervading her work. Whether as frontwoman of the multi-million-selling hard rockers Flyleaf, or now as a solo artist (as well as an author and speaker), she remains uncommonly true to herself while inspiring others to strive for better ways to live and love.
From performing for the United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan to sold out gigs around the U.S. alongside rock music’s top bands, including Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Deftones, Korn, and Evanescence, Lacey has also collaborated on recordings with Geno Lenardo, Apocalyptica, Orianthi, Resident Hero, Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction), Ryan White (Resident Hero) and many others.
Gracing covers as a LOVEsick model for Hot Topic, Lacey has further received MTV “Favorite Music Video” and Yahoo! “Band of the Month” nods. She has also gathered numerous movie, television, soundtrack and video game placements with Flyleaf, such as Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack, Nightmare Before Christmas: Cover Album, Live Free or Die Hard, Rock Band and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, The Sims 2, Resident Evil: Extinction, Underworld: Evolution, MTV New Year’s Eve, and many more.
About The Fuel Music:
Established in 2008, The Fuel Music & Management, LLC, is one of the leading independent distributors of music, CD’s, tapes and vinyl records internationally and enjoys a growing base in artist merchandise sales. Based in Tennessee, the Fuel team brings nearly 70 years of combined music industry experience in record label operations, record distribution and marketing (EMI Label Group), and artist management for artists ranging from upstart bands to GRAMMY Award nominated, multi-platinum artists. More information on the company can be found at www.thefuelmusic.com.
  
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