Jessica Lea Mayfield's Nonesuch debut album, Tell Me, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, is due out in just over a month, February 8, and is available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store with an autographed 7” of the album’s first single. SPIN names Mayfield on of the 5 Best New Artists for January. Pitchfork has included Tell Me in its list of Records to Look Forward to in Winter 2011. American Songwriter has it in its list of Ten Albums We're Excited for in 2011, saying, "It's made up of twelve of Mayfield’s 'personal inner monologues,' and mixes emotional ballads with intelligent pop ditties."
Jessica Lea Mayfield's Nonesuch debut album, Tell Me, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, is due out in just over a month, on February 8, and is available for pre-order now in the Nonesuch Store, a limited number of which include an autographed 7” vinyl of the album’s first single, “Our Hearts Are Wrong,” with a live version of "Kiss Me Again," a song from her previous album, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, on the B-side.
SPIN magazine has named Mayfield one of the 5 Best New Artists for January. "While Taylor Swift gets lauded for her songwriting's 'authentic' young-woman's voice," says SPIN Music Editor Charles Aaron, "Mayfield simmers and aches in a whole other realm. She's got one of the great deadpans—recalling Lucinda Williams and Exile-era Liz Phair—that partially conceals her songs' startling, blunt desire, which Auerbach teases out with atmospheric production." There's much more at spin.com.
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Pitchfork has included Tell Me in its Guide to Upcoming Releases: Records to Look Forward to in Winter 2011. The site rated With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, Mayfield's debut album, an 8.2, calling it "fascinating and endlessly listenable." See all the forthcoming releases to make the list at pitchfork.com.
American Songwriter includes Tell Me in its own selective list of Ten Albums We're Excited for in 2011. "When you release your debut album at only nineteen years old, your next record is bound to reflect a certain new-found maturity," says American Songwriter's Evan Schlansky. The new album is "made up of twelve of Mayfield’s 'personal inner monologues,' and mixes emotional ballads with intelligent pop ditties." Read more at americansongwriter.com.
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By late last year, Stereogum had already included it among the 50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011, and USA Today's Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson called it the "Best thing I heard" this week. "I'm already a fan," wrote Matheson. "Love her."
To reserve your copy of Tell Me on vinyl or CD now with the signed 7" single, head to the Nonesuch Store.
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