Holy carp in gelatine! How on earth has this woman not been asked to do a KEXP session yet?! Where are the majors when you need them to sign such a talent?
Calm down Malicia. What are you raging this time about?
Jessie Reid’s new single. Haven`t you heard?!
No mate. Any good?
Are you kidding me? It`s excellent. Best thing that came out this year so far. It`s intimate and cinematic at the same time. Warm yet melancholic. It`s a song about having your heart broken but you can waltz to it in your kitchen while holding a cup of hot chocolate. A perfect soundtrack to spending cold winter days under your blanket while watching a drama on Netflix and…
Go on.
Imagine Hope Sandoval but she`s from Shropshire and can play an acoustic like a pedal steel guitar. And she doesn’t need a band. Well, she could and it wouldn’t hurt to have backing musicians, but she can mesmerize you on her own. One woman army. She`s ready to take on the world.
That sounds encouraging, Mal. What was the single called again?
‘Whole Heart’. It`s an absolute must have. Buy it. Add it to your playlists, stream it, tell your friends! Write to your local radio station. Or your MP. Make a petition. I don’t care what you do, we NEED to get the word out that this singer is properly, completely, utterly amazing! (pants, pants)
All right, all right. Tell us something about the artist if we were to recommend her to others.
Well, she`s been championed by the liked of Tom Robinson and Chris Hawkins on national radio stations, legendary BBC DJ Janice Long is a fan, short listed for Glasto New Talent Competition. She’s played in New York and Brazil, she’s toured nationally. She now lives in London so I don’t get how the labels could miss her…
In other words she has recognition from the industry but is not known to a large audience yet?
Exactly! Have you seen her Facebook count? Just 817 likes. It should have been 817 THOUSAND if not more. Absolute shambles. A scandal! Give her a follow now!
Where can we find her online?
You can follow Jessie Reid on socials here and you better do it, cause I`ll be checking. I`m like gonna take your phone and add her to your likes myself.
Thank you. We are going to have a listen now.
Good, good! Now where was I? Ah yes…See you have to agree with me that we have the best talents on the indie circuit but people are too lazy to give them a chance and man we got to do something about it…
We know Mal, but be quiet for a change. This Jessie Reid is really good.
Narrator: and off they went headphones on nodding their heads to the music…