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Jessie Hyde had no clue how cathartic making her first EP would be. With a background in modeling, tech, and entrepreneurship (as the founder of Glucose Goddess<\/a>), songwriting revealed itself after an especially brutal breakup. She knew she had to rediscover herself, and through her writing, greatly influenced by Katie Melua and Norah Jones, she found the peace she long desired.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking music and releasing this first EP has changed my life. I gained a connection to a calling that I didn\u2019t know existed inside of me, and it makes me feel more authentic,\u201d the San Francisco singer-songwriter tells Audiofemme. \u201cI found a refuge in music, a new nook in which to ground, extract and sublimate my feelings. Making music also invited incredible people into my life, and I\u2019m so thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hyde\u2019s EP, called UNSUPERVISED<\/em>, is raw and barebones in tone and structure, as she sifts through the rubble of her aching heart. A minimalist by nature, she rebuilds boundaries in her life with opener \u201cCharity,\u201d crunchy flickers pulsating against a bedrock of keyboard. A heavenly serenity sprouts from her fingertips, even when her lyrics are coarse and unapologetic. Therein lies her greatest strength.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, she braids together her French roots (she was born in Basque Country and later raised in Paris) with \u201cPetite Fille,\u201d a gritty, fear-confronting setpiece. Then, \u201cPerpetuate\u201d closes the release with a choir of songbirds, whose tender warbles backdrop her liberation as she finally, once and for all, declares her self-worth. \u201cMy shadow eats pieces of all the women before me,\u201d she sings, cutting the shackles of the past.<\/p>\n