Make My Head Sing…Jessica Lea Mayfield · 2014

rollingstone

7.0

“Six years ago, Jessica Lea Mayfield was a precocious teenager singing simple, sullen country songs about hitting rock-bottom. On her third LP (and first without the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach producing), she's grown into a world-weary alt-rock dreamer. The set opens with the grungy "Oblivious" and its grown-up passive aggression: "I could kill her with the powers in my mind/But I'm a good humanitari”

pitchfork

6.9

“The Ohio singer/songwriter's new album is her first without Dan Auerbach at the helm, but it’s the album that best captures the minimalist rock ethos of the Black Keys. The record represents a careful subtraction of instruments and elements until only the basics remain: voice and guitar, drums and bass.”

thelineofbestfit

6.5

“Jessica Lea Mayfield - Make My Head Sing”