Ings is the stage moniker of 22-year-old Missouri-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Inge Chiles. Her vocals evoke a young *****, her arrangements span from shimmering ("SoND") to mathy ("Bird Years") to the eerie and evocative ("Dog Physics"). She uses the term "lullabye rock" to sum up the sounds for her debut release, Dog Physics EP. When asked where she found her singing voice, Chiles cites her experience with the language/culture barrier during a year at a Norwegian Folk High school: "Going to school in Norway, I became incredibly lonely and felt very disconnected from my classmates- I didn't know what to do with myself, so I sang all the time during trips to the forests and mountains. Norway is a beautiful, cold country, and I felt connected to that landscape- the sweeping valleys and the harsh beauty of it. I sang to fill the void, and to distract myself from my loneliness." The lyrical themes in Dog Physics EP are similarly situated. Most of the songs on the EP were written when Chiles was a freshman at Missouri State University, and tell the story of someone trying to find their place in a changing world. "SoND" deals with being true to oneself, "Bird Years" deals with mortality and the fleetingness of time ('years will fly away/like birds yearning'); woven into the bittersweet melodies of "Sleepy Blinking," Chiles wrestles with the mundane ('what do you think about what you are thinking/working full-time and sleepy blinking'). The second half of the album brings out more of her lyrical prowess, the track "Dogs are Aliens" is rife with wordplay and whimsical metaphor, followed by the contemplative, stripped-down "Hi-Fi." The album ends with the title track, "Dog Physics," an ambient folk-rock piece. Reviews for DOG PHYSICS EP NYLON MAGAZINE "Dogs are really friendly aliens," sings Inge Chiles, and she delivers it with such earnestness that we totally believe her...It's a remarkably subtle way to make a larger point--and a catchy one at that." THE WILD HONEY PIE "Songwriter Inge Chiles’ breathy yet spirited vocals chant throughout and are enveloped by her shimmering arrangements, all of which fall wonderfully upon the listeners ears." THE LE SIGH "Ings Chiles is a 20-something, dream-folk singer from Springfield, Missouri. She seems to do it all – play electric ukulele, bells, piano and sing as lead vocalist. Most of the songs on her hew newest release, Dog Physics, were written while sitting on her bed and each features a rotating cast of musicians. Dog Physics is a cohesive, poetic and strum-heavy album that's precise and jumps between soft instrumentals and passionate ballads. Ings is a distant, head-in-the-clouds vocalist who has a knack for adding interesting sounds to her tracks. Her lyrics are soulful and witty in first song, “SoND”, which opens with ukulele and guitar-picking. On “SoND” Ings sings, “giving up your old ghost and nothing else, sometimes you’re dedicated to yourself / I don’t want you to disappear into some new dude." The lyrics aptly describe friends who spiral into self-involvement and get lost in romance. It's easy to relate to this sentiment because most young people have witnessed or experienced something close. “Dogs are Aliens” and “Dog Physics” were two standout tracks on the collection. In “Dogs are Aliens”, Ings couples an upbeat tone with droll lyrics. She sings, “Friends: a remedy for solitude, but not the kind that follow you / A person that you really know / Cigarettes are just a type of food”. Concluding and title track, “Dog Physics”, includes slide guitar, soft shakers and crashy noises. It's here that Ings gets experimental on the EP and belts her lyrics instead of cooing them. The instrumentals on Dog Physics are both careful and mesmerizing, and lucky for us her full-length debut comes out next year."