Time Ain't Accidental

Following a major break-up that saw her spend lockdown alone, L.A. based modern country songwriter Jess Williamson undertook a journey of self-rediscovery, culminating in this lonesome-then-liberated set of tunes. Built on the foundations of Williamson’s remarkable voice, guitar, and an iPhone drum machine app used during the demo sessions, the album is augmented by banjo and pedal steel, and was produced by Brad Cook, who also produced her recent collaboration with Waxahatchee - Plains. 

A daringly personal but inevitable evolution for the Texas-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Time Ain’t Accidental is evocative of iconic Western landscapes, tear-in-beer anthems, and a wholly modern take on country music that is completely her own.  Above everything, sonically and thematically, this album is about Williamson’s voice, crystalline and acrobatic in its range, standing front and center.  Think Linda Rondstadt turned minimalist, The Chicks gone indie or even Emmylou Harris’ work with Daniel Lanois. Ringing boldly and unobscured, it’s the sound of a woman running into her life and art head-on, unambiguously, and on her own terms for the first time.

Tracklist:

1. Time Ain’t Accidental
2. Hunter
3. Chasing Spirits
4. Tobacco Two Step
5. God in Everything
6. A Few Seasons
7. Topanga Two Step
8. Something’s In the Way
9. Stampede
10. I’d Come to Your Call
11. Roads