Make My Head Sing…

Personnel: Jessica Lea Mayfield (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards); Matt Martin (vibraphone, drums, shaker, tambourine).Audio Mixers: Jessica Lea Mayfield; Jesse Newport.Recording information: Club Roar.Photographers: Leann Mueller; Michael O'Shea.After cutting two albums with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jessica Lea Mayfield decided to go it alone for Make My Head Sing..., her ATO debut. While her previous offerings have been somewhat confessional singer/songwriter affairs that juxtaposed rootsy Americana and indie pop, this date moves in almost an entirely different direction. Co-produced with her husband, bassist Jesse Newport, the pair played everything except drums -- not that there's much else. The record's first sound is a feedback-drenched, enormously distorted electric guitar, playing at a plodding pace. It's a shock if you've heard either of her previous records. Her world-weary alto -- t