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- Date Released: September 16, 2008
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: Polymer Sounds / Thirty Tigers
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We Say...
"I could care less about you/And I love the sound of you walking away," croons Jessica Lea Mayfield to the boy-who-done-her-wrong on her deliciously tortured debut album, With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt. Mayfield's voice is all smoky, twangy loveliness, and maybe it's because of that sweetness that her songs cut deep, radiating pain like a punch to the solar plexus. World-weary tracks such as "For Today" and "The One That I Love Best" seem tailor made for curling up with a bottle of whiskey and a box of tissues, crying brokenhearted tears for the one who got away.
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They Say...
Teenage singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield is the protégée of Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, who engineered and produced this, her debut full-length, in addition to playing "guitar, organ, piano, drums and other instruments." From the sound of the tracks, he did all that playing in the form of overdubs, after recording Mayfield singing and accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. In song after song, she strums simple chords and sings in a matter-of-fact drawl that recalls Edie Brickell, if Brickell hadn't slept in a couple of days. If Mayfield has lost sleep, it's because she (or the narrator who sings the songs) has romantic problems. Each song is sung by an "I" to a "you" with whom she is obsessed and who, for the most part, doesn't seem to be performing satisfactorily as a romantic partner. Not that the singer is entirely consistent in her attitude. Sometimes she expresses devotion, sometimes recrimination. "I'll talk to whoever I God-damned wanna," she tells her boyfriend in "We've Never Lied" (the song, by the way, makes it clear that they have), only to complain in "Call Me," "I spent the whole night by myself wondering who you talk to." If all of these songs are intended to represent a single relationship, it's certainly a complicated one.
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| 01. |  |
Kiss Me Again |
3:19 |
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| 02. | |
For Today |
3:35 |
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| 03. | |
I Can't Lie To You, Love |
4:43 |
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| 04. | |
We've Never Lied |
2:45 |
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| 05. | |
I'm Not Lonely Anymore |
2:19 |
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| 06. | |
Hold You Close |
2:19 |
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| 07. | |
Call Me |
3:04 |
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| 08. | |
Greater Heights |
3:00 |
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| 09. | |
The One That I Love Best |
3:17 |
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| 10. | |
Bible Days |
3:25 |
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| 11. | |
Is This Love? |
2:51 |
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| 12. | |
You've Won Me Over |
2:15 |
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12 Total Tracks, 36:52 Total Length
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Credits
- Greg Staples - Artwork // Dan Auerbach - Organ // Dan Auerbach - Guitar // Dan Auerbach - Piano // Dan Auerbach - Drums // Dan Auerbach - Producer // Dan Auerbach - Engineer // Dan Auerbach - Audio Production // Dan Auerbach - Instrumentation // Scott McMicken - Vocals // Scott McMicken - Vocals (Background) // Scott McMicken - Vocal Harmony // Bob Cesare - Drums // Jessica Lea Mayfield - Guitar (Acoustic) // Jessica Lea Mayfield - Vocals // Jessica Lea Mayfield - Artwork // Jessica Lea Mayfield - Cover Art // Joe Kwon - Cello // Frank McElroy - Vocals (Background) // Joe Kwon - Cello // David Mayfield - Bass (Upright)
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