4 years ago, i somehow stumbled upon the everybodyfields’ nothing is okay. my first listen of said record didnt yield much feeling, or actually too much enthusiasm, if im being completely honest. yet, there was something about it that kept me coming back to it. first it would be weekly, then every other day, then every day, then a few times a day. it got my under my skin like no record had done in probably at least 15 years. im not really here to talk about that record, but its a heartbreakingly beautiful piece of music. everyone needs to hear it, plain and simple.
well, that was 2007, and here we are in 2011 and the everybodyfields are no more. on one hand, their disbanding still makes me a little sad, but now we have two artists carving out their own respective paths. i liked sam’s record quite a bit, but honestly its nowhere near jill’s the mirror which was just released on tuesday. where her songs on nothing is okay were stark and seemed like a woman who was on the verge, the mirror finds a woman that sounds like she’s found and comfortable with her place in life, and is more or less happy. it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with me or this here site that i am completely in love with the mirror, and quite frankly is the prettiest record you will hear all year. no doubt it will be in my top 5 this year.
buy the mirror via her site, she’s got a bunch of different combo deals, or via amazon
here’s jill….
Most days I’m so happy I can’t begin to explain it. All of the dogs outside seem to have stopped their howling and fallen into a seemingly endless dreamy sleep. You have to feed them I have found, and keep your distance. I find myself trying harder at all things. I am a single Mother and a full time touring musician. I weigh everything in my mind on a scale of importance. Nico, my son, just turned two years old. I would be his biggest hero if I drove a truck, or if I was an owl. His obsessions to date are things that I would generally consider being pretty bad ass: birds of prey, backhoes, wrecking balls, monster trucks, firemen, and Grandpa’s broken tooth. I’m not really sure how Grandpa broke his tooth, maybe it involved a leisurely Sunday and pistachios, but I use it as a reminder for Nico when he is neglecting to brush his own teeth. “Remember Grandpa’s tooth. Brush well Nico.” For the most part, things are pretty peaceful around our house. I say that now, as I am typing this from a quiet hotel room in Illinois. Things are actually pretty nuts. I just released my new record “The Mirror” and I am presently touring all over the country in support of it. Making an album is much like rearing a child. There are many sleepless nights, endless feedings, and if a song had a diaper, I would have changed a good many of them. After all of that hard work, I couldn’t be happier with the result. Now I am sending it off into the world. Goodbye, see you again soon. I hope you enjoy it out there.
Jill Andrews- June 9th, 2011, somewhere in southern Illinois.
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