Jordan Brooke Hamlin

I got to hole up with @thisisbeckyw and her rad band (@avrilplaysguitar, @jkmbassist and @meganjanemusic) to live track a collection of songs Becky had written chronicling a heavy and “Sick Season” that kept her home for nearly 16 months.

The level of cheeky fortitude that she’s able to speak to that dark cloud with, sung with a helluva swampy rock swagger, makes it seem like it’s gonna be ok despite all evidence to the contrary.

No stranger to such Sisyphean mental health adventures myself, so many of these lyrics hit true, made even more cutting because Becky is just such a dang good writer. Also, did I mention she was on Jeopardy?? I mean - in the Hamlin family, that’s tantamount to knighthood.

Thank goodness I got to hear these songs in my ears for so many days making this record. I’m glad you get to hear them now, too.

Stream / Buy / Listen where music is, go face the day, and in the words of BW herself, Good Luck, You’re Gonna Need It 😎✌🏼

Danni Nicholls and I holed up in the woods a while ago and made “The Melted Morning” and now “Hear My Voice” (a single from said record) is nominated for “Song of the Year” at the Americana Association UK Awards in the big city across the pond. What a time to be alive. :)

“a polished, dark gem” - americana UK

“an incredibly well-crafted album with depth and originality”
maverick magazine (5/5 stars)

“an album that deserves, no, needs, to be heard” - fatea

“this stunning collection will resonate deep”
three chords and the truth

“marvellous, again” - uncut

Produced and Mixed by Jordan Brooke Hamlin at MOXE in Nashville, TN April 12, 2019

Engineered by Gena Johnson and Jordan Brooke Hamlin
Mastered by Joe Causey at Voyager Mastering, Nashville, TN

Danni Nicholls Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar tracks 3, 5
(Electric Guitar rhythm part track 8)

Jordan Brooke Hamlin Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Trumpet, Piano, Drums track 4, String
Arrangement tracks 3, 7, 10

Annie Clements Bass Guitar tracks 3, 5, 9
Larissa Maestro Cello
Heather Moulder Organ track 3, Piano track 10
Will Sayles Drums and Percussion
Ellen Angelico Electric Guitar track 2, Pedal Steel track 11
Kyshona Armstrong Background Vocals track 3
Laura & Lydia Rogers (The Secret Sisters appear courtesy of New West Records) Background Vocals tracks 3, 4, 10

Adrian Elvis Smith Executive Producer
Rebecca Nead-Menear Photography
Danni Nicholls Design

Listen to: The Melted Morning by Danni Nicholls

The record that Sarah Potenza and I made this year is finally released into the world today!

What I remember most vividly, at this moment, is how Sarah and I tried to show up for each other at every turn and what a riot of a time we had.

This record feels as big, bold, fun, and generous as I’ve experienced this woman to be. As we made this record together, brick by brick, in small and large ways, we established a very real trust and respect for each other which freed us up to make something as honest or weird or demented as we wanted. I feel so grateful to have made this record with her…especially in a time when I was in a huge confidence slump. I am grateful to have gotten to be around someone who was as righteously supportive and understanding as she was to me.

You can order the record straight from Sarah here https://sarahpotenza.net/or hear it on any of the normal places that people stream music.

Such a blast producing and co-engineering this EP for Adia Victoria. She is a force in any language….this one just happens to be French.