Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me

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I recently wrote about Jessica here after seeing her play and wowing the crowd at the end of the road festival. I was a little slow on the uptake about that particularly album but not so slow on her new one, tell me which is just out Nonesuch records. Picking up from where her last album left off Jessica writes songs that belies her 21 years on this planet. Produced by the black keys Dan Auerbach, she sings songs of failed romances and hopeful futures, vulnerability and lost causes, she’s an extremely honest and confident songwriter who rather than mourn about a relationship break up would rather say your loss, I aint got time to be messing around. Ballsy without being arrogant I love her attitude in her songwriting which reminds me of female country singers like  Tammy Wynette or more notebly Lucinda Williams albeit a little less twangy. I think this girl is going to be massive and urge you to take a listen. She’s about to embark on an American tour before hitting Europe for a few dates before going  back to the states and I urge you to go and catch her play live as she’s pretty special.

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