Jessie Monk

‘Here, Now’, Jessie Monk’s debut EP, invites listeners, with ease and grace, into an ocean filled with the waves of Jessie’s longing, seduction, playfulness, empathy, vulnerability, joy, sorrow, confusion and finally, pilgrimage toward presence. The four (sometimes five) piece band create an atmosphere bursting with freedom, generosity and intimacy. Strongly nodding the head to artists such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and more contemporary influences like Twain and Laura Marling, the EP forges it’s way into authenticity, plucking the best from the old and the new with an earthy, warm and roomy vibe. However what makes this music so special, is largely Jessie’s soaring, effortless and bell like voice, that sings her poetic and honest lyrics with a sincerity, playfulness and true virtuosity, communicating the vast landscape of paradoxes she finds herself occupying in her self exposition.

Tastefully mixed by Cameron James Laing (Rufus Coates and Jess Smith, Mone, Michael Brinkworth) at The Famous Gold Watch Audiovisual Studios in Berlin, and mastered by Doug Van Slone of Focus Mastering (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit, Lady Finger), Here Now, takes you on a journey through the peaks and valleys of your own heart channelling from the place within us all, a rare sense of vulnerable equilibrium.

Arrangement, Production and Recording:

Written and arranged by: Jessie Monk

Performed by:

Vocals: Jessie Monk

Guitar: Jessie Monk

Bass: Paul Santner

Drums and Percussion: Aidan Lowe

Violin: Denise Dombrowski

Harmonica: Sebastian Hoch

Backing Vocals: Paul Santner, Denise Dombrowski

Mandolin and Second Guitar: Paul Santner

Recording Studio: The Famous Gold Watch Audio Visual Studio

Recording Engineer: Cameron James Laing (Universal Studios)

Mixing Engineer: Cameron Laing (Universal Studios; Rufus Coates and Jess Smith, Mone, Lisa Akuah)

Mastered by: Focus Mastering

Mastering Engineer: Doug Van Sloun (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit, Ladyfinger)