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Summer currently calls the PNW home- nestled in a log cabin in the breathing forest of the San Juan Islands. Professional gardener by day, her inspiration comes from the rhythmic seasons of the natural world, and it’s complex overlap with the human experience. Her music is rooted in an ever-evolving exploration of what it means to be alive.
When a spontaneous road trip turned multi-month adventure in the summer of 2017, Summer and two college best friends found a magnetic spark in the excitement of all living together out of a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 van named “Whitney, the White Whale”. After a wild and formative journey, traveling all around the US Southwest & Pacific Coast, the three of them birthed an experimental hip-hop collective called Psilosapiens. It was with Psilosapiens that Summer first began performing, and touring around Arizona.
within “Whitney, the White Whale” (2017)In 2019, she parted ways with the group to pursue solo endeavors and eventually landed in Brooklyn, New York, where she recorded her debut album Mind Garden, under the name Summer Alicia, with the help of friend and producer Cameron Rood in 2020.
As the wild and untamed soul that she is, Summer didn't last very long in the big city and has since put down roots in the San Juan Islands off the Northern coast of Washington, where she spends most days gardening, studying herbalism, dancing in the living room, and cuddling her kitten, Banjo.
She is currently writing and recording her second album on Orcas Island, which is expected to arrive in late spring of next year.