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Jesse prepares a delicious sandwich (PB takes J) while discussing the origins of his upcoming single "Hands Up!" 

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“Here, take this inside.” She handed me a warm, aluminum-foiled casserole. My mother was leaned over into the car, rearranging and stacking edible contributions to today’s festivities. A large glass bowl full of mashed potatoes. Chunky chocolate brownies sprinkled with powdered sugar. We were blindsided earlier in the week with a pulsating, berating series of phone calls and grocery store run-ins designed to guilt us into attending the church’s annual fall festival. A Halloween party, really; though no one openly admitted it. The soles of my shoes hadn’t touched this lawn, this parking lot – in at least seven years. We were all reluctant, we are all pouring with pride. But caved.

I took the steps to the front door, propped open with an overturned chair but not exactly inviting. I stopped in the middle of the aisle. Everything smelled the same. Aged wood and a carpet heavy with the weight of must, decades strong. Mr. Poland was staring at the stained glass painting in the center of the left side of the small, tight auditorium. I always felt like a match in a box of ashes here, waiting to be lit. Hoping for fire. He was running his fingers along the bright face of Jesus. Down his neck and to the center of his chest, at which point he stopped and turned around. His eyes were electric. I started walking before my feet strangled themselves into a full-blown jog. A subtle sprint. “How often do you talk to God?” Our eyes met completely. We carry the same weight. We are sharing the same fear. Ever lifting.

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"lonely is the Truth"
Jessica Lea Mayfield at Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, AL
04/27/09

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"She speaks between songs, but only in broken, half-mumbled sentences. It doesn’t matter. The songs are loud enough, encompassing both sides of an eternal conversation. They are yes and no. They are love and sex. They are stalker and stalkee. But mostly a teetering, lovably unbalanced blend of them all. A lyrical hunch punch without the vomiting...All imperfect enough to be considered artistically, creatively…perfect."

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"...weaves and twitches his Telecaster through the darkened air like a weightless paintbrush, splashing and darting through drums, bass, and piano. Not instruments or even tools. But firearms, in every direction. Shoot anything that moves and we are miraculously pierced without so much as an aim."

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