It’s been a fine year for Clover County, real name A.G. Schiano. The Atlanta-based musician dropped her debut studio album Finer Things in September to widespread critical acclaim. She toured extensively in 2025 supporting acts like Sam Barber, Madi Diaz and Shakey Graves — and made her Austin City Limits Festival debut at the BMI stage.
Clover County chatted with 100.7 Ferndale Radio ahead of her set opening for Shakey Graves at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit earlier this month. [Editor’s note: Clover mentioned during her set that someone (me) asked her about her vices — which she said you shouldn’t ask a lady about. Sorry, Clover, but you had a great answer!]
Listen: Clover County talks ‘Finer Things’ album, first headlining tour, self-reflection and more
The Florida native has been releasing songs since 2023 and caught national attention when her single “Ultraviolet” was featured on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation and The Spectrum channels over the past year. The composition of the indie-pop gem gives off vibes of sitting on the front porch while drinking lemonade during a sunny day. However, the lyrics tell the tale of someone desperately trying to still connect with their partner as both are struggling with their mental health.
“I stay quiet but I’m seeing ultraviolet / If I speak up will you notice that I’m trying / Wasted time you could’ve been fighting / Wish you’d start a riot,” says the track’s chorus.
Ironically, “Ultraviolet” almost didn’t make the final cut of Clover County’s Porch Lights EP.
“It’s not like a lot of my other music, but the songwriting, the words, the lyrics, the story, is me — a hundred percent,” Clover said. “So it brought in a lot of people who may not have given this twangy…folk thing a chance, which is cool.”
“It didn’t come naturally and I didn’t love the song the day that we wrote it, and it’s scratch vocals from the writing session,” Clover admits. “And I was like, ‘yeah, I’m not going to go back and fix this up. This doesn’t need to be heard.’ And nearly didn’t put it on the EP because it just didn’t feel right. And then once it was on there, I was like, ‘thank God, this song means everything to me.’ And this is one of the realest songs I’ve written in my career so far.”
“I’ve learned so much about myself listening to my own album.” – Clover County
If you’re looking for an album about how relationships — especially romantic ones — can complicate your life, Finer Things delivers the goods in a twangy emo package. While Clover County fans may gravitate toward her music to help get over a breakup, the artist herself has also benefited from listening back to her songs during moments of self-reflection.
“I’ve learned so much about myself listening to my own album, which was not something I planned on doing,” Clover shared. “But every once in a while somebody’s like, ‘I really like your album.’ I’m like, ‘I should listen to this, see what they’re talking about.’ And then I’ll listen at length and I’m like, ‘oh no, I have patterns and I have really bad cycles, and this is repeat behavior and I need to work on this.’ And now I have a beautiful little time capsule of who I was when I was 21 falling in love over and over [laughs]. But now I can see…where my problematic behavior took the best of that for me.”
Listen to the entire interview using the media player above, where Clover also shares a brutally honest moment with her mom, preparing for her first headlining tour that starts in February, how she almost got arrested along with Madi Diaz in Ann Arbor and more.
Clover County’s debut studio album Finer Things is available now. A deluxe edition of the album featuring new tracks will drop on Jan. 23, including her latest single “Suitcase.” Tickets for the “Finer Things Tour” are on sale at CLOVER COUNTY — tour.
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