{"id":21285,"date":"2014-05-12T08:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21285"},"modified":"2014-05-12T08:57:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:57:08","slug":"watch-jessica-lea-mayfield-killin-like-cobain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-05\/watch-jessica-lea-mayfield-killin-like-cobain\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Jessica Lea Mayfield Killin’ Like Cobain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jessica<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve all had those ear-opening moments.\u00a0 Like when you first heard Kurt Cobain’s<\/strong> vocals braying on Nirvana’s<\/strong> Smells Like Teen Spirit<\/strong><\/em> (for us, on a San Francisco on-ramp onto the Bay Bridge headed east).\u00a0 Tapping into a similar source and vein these days is one of our favorite female artists, Jessica Lea Mayfield<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite putting out one of the Best Albums of 2011<\/strong><\/a> in Tell Me<\/strong><\/em> and receiving deserved critical acclaim, Mayfield<\/strong> has been radio-silenced since that album and tour in support (we caught her last at the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival<\/strong>)<\/a>.\u00a0 As we said about her in 2011, Mayfield molds great melodies and pens penetrating lyrics, and then delivers them with laconic vocals that remind us of Lucinda Williams <\/strong>coupled with Neko Case<\/strong>.\u00a0 But after 2011 she disappeared for a time.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, as mentioned in February<\/strong><\/a>, she’s now back with a vengeance and a new album entitled Make My Head Sing<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 As you will see below, she’s broken out, unbridled, with a new twist that makes no effort to hide the influence of Cobain<\/strong> and Nirvana<\/strong>.\u00a0 Gone are the softer, country-influenced elements, replaced by Jessica’s grungy guitar playing.\u00a0 Check her out below on KDHX<\/strong> leading the way on the new album’s No Fun<\/strong><\/em>. After, check out her older gem, I Wanna Love You<\/strong><\/em>, revved up a bit compared to Tell Me’s<\/strong> <\/em>approach. Mayfield heads out next month on a tour of North America (including Cali in June) and the tour dates\/tickets can be found HERE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And do go buy Make My Head Sing<\/strong><\/em> HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n