Jessica Lea Mayfield joined her parents’ bluegrass band when she was eight. In her teens, she did some recording with her brother, privately releasing an album under the alias Chittlin’ in 2007. That led to recording with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and her official debut, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, which came out in 2008, when she was 19. That well-received album presented Mayfield as a moody, rootsy singer/songwriter of precocious talent, confirmed by its follow-up, 2010’s Tell Me, also produced by Auerbach. The new Make My Head Sing…(ATO) will surprise listeners who expect a third set of Americana-style folk rock. It’s a grungy power-trio album that places Mayfield’s calm voice in a squall of her electric guitar. Mayfield will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on her.
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Mayfield: I’m a recovering recluse. I would get home from a tour, turn off my phone and not leave my house for days. You can now spy on everyone you know using the internet, know what your friends and loved ones are doing with the added “bonus” of not actually communicating with them. So much time can go by like this that you forget how to communicate. It can feel scary at first. But picking up the phone and bugging someone you love is super fucking healthy.
