Sorceress - Jess Williamson

Offering a deep-hued kaleidoscope of dusty 70s cinema, 90s country music, and breezy West Coast psychedelia, Jess Williamsons Sorceress weaves a womans wild love letters to a confusing present and uncertain futurewith reflections on femininity and the pursuit of perfection, New Age beliefs and practices, critiques of capitalism and social media, southern and western landscapes (and the birds who inhabit the skies of each), and intimate details of the lives and deaths of loved ones and friends. Its a record about loss of innocence and acquired wisdom thats self-critical, self-assured, and soul-searching. Across eleven country western prayers and pop incantations, Williamson melds the magical with the day-to-day, and makes it feel universal. On the title track, a gorgeous fireside ballad that finds her accompanied by the chirps of cicadas, she sings Yes, theres a little magic in my hat / But Im no sorceress. The thing is, she certainly sounds like one. Sorceress is polished and assured a