Kevin Bronson on May 12th, 2016

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Meiko might have a new address and marital status, but her music is coming full circle. Her new song “I Do” returns to the less-varnished but still sweetly sung verisimilitude of the self-titled 2007 debut that helped her graduate from Hotel Café server to Hotel Café favorite. “I Do” is the first single from her aptly titled fourth album “Moving Day,” out June 24 and now available for pre-order.

“Every song on the album is about moving in some way, shape or form,” says Meiko, who moved to Nashville and got hitched last fall after self-releasing her “Live Songs From the Hotel Café” EP. “Whether it’s moving to a new place, moving into different relationships, or just growing up and moving on emotionally, I love the idea of constant growth and change. This album represents some key moments of personal ‘moving days’ I’ve had in my life over the past 10 years.”

“Moving Day” is her fourth full-length, and having parted ways amicably with her label Concord and joining forces with Nashville producer Joshua Grange (Sheryl Crow, k.d. lang), she has stripped back her sound. “I wanted to keep it simpler and more intimate this time around, without depending on so many bells and whistles,” she says. And on “I Do,” her plaintive, still-cherubic vocals shine with the candor that have endeared Meiko to so many.

She has found living and working in the Music City “easier and more fluid,” she says. “Mostly because Nashville is smaller and you get to where you’re going stress-free. I really love Nashville. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my time in L.A. too, but I’m gaining so many years of my life back by not being on the 101 Freeway trying to get from point A to point B!”

||| Stream: “I Do”

||| Previously: “You’re Mine,” “Be Mine,” our 2012 interview.