Raised in the mountains of Montana and making a home on the road, Ira Wolf's music and writing are vulnerably honest as she explores heartache, homesickness, and the highs and lows of an unconventional wandering lifestyle. She draws from personal experience and connects on an intimate level with her audience through her truthful lyrics and melancholy vocals. Since she began touring in 2014, Ira has performed on stages across six continents and continues to travel the U.S. while living in her 1988 Westfalia van, 'Ruby'. After releasing her third album, The Closest Thing to Home, Ira took a step away from music for a few years to focus on her mental health and other passions. Ira recently finished recording her highly-anticipated fourth studio album, coming September 2023, and plans to continue touring both nationally and internationally after its release. "Sleeping In" is most simply about depression, the kind that makes getting out of bed impossible. "I started experiencing major depressive episodes at a young age. Over the years I've learned skills to help cope when I recognize the low dip coming on, but I found myself really struggling to come out of it during the first years of the pandemic. I felt isolated, anxious, and entirely hopeless. Without the option to travel in my van, visit loved ones, or play live shows (all things that have consistently helped me find the light at the end of the tunnel) I continued spiraling to a low point I hadn't seen in over a decade. There were months at a time that even the simplest tasks felt impossible. Each day I woke up and was immediately flooded with dread. Just getting out of bed was too much most of the time. I couldn't eat, or shower, or go for a walk, and the weeks all blurred together. It was a really dark period of my life and I wanted to write a song about being stuck in that mental space. Writing the lyrics to Sleeping In was my way of validating and accepting what I was experiencing so that I could gently remind myself that it would eventually pass. I'm grateful to have come out of that years-long episode with more kindness toward myself, but it took a long time. My hope is that this song reaches someone who might currently be stuck in bed, needing their own gentle reminder that they're not alone and there are better days to come," Ira shares.