With Love is singer Rosie Thomas‘ first full-length album in four years, and she’s experienced many ups and downs in that time. One of the downs was an injury: Her thyroid broke, causing her to take a hiatus from music.
“It’s very humbling,” Thomas tells NPR’s Laura Sullivan. “It took about two years to get that in order, but what’s amazing about that is that in that timeline, I got engaged. I planned a beautiful wedding on my grandfather’s farm with a parade. I took a break for the first time in a while, and I just sat and looked at life for the first time. God gave me pause for the first time, and I took it, because I had to. A lot of joy, a lot of sorrow, a lot of hardship, a lot of wisdom gained in that time.”
The music on With Love contains more pop than folk, which was more prominent in her earlier work. Thomas says that’s a result of her time off.
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