Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (Munich) Managing to sound both bored and haunted, 19 year old singer-songwriter-guitarist Mayfield sounds like she’s fitted a lot into her short life. Not all good. She first came to light singing on the Black Keys’ Attack & Release LP, and the band’s Dan Auerbach has repaid her several times over by producing and playing a host of instruments on With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (top title, by the way). With the backing kept to a stark, country, bluesy minimum, it’s Mayfield’s songs that must provide the thrills, and although there’s a tendency to keep things a little single paced, there’s no shortage of dustbowl emotions that litter the material. Fans of Cat Power will instantly recognise what’s happening here, but the better songs, “We’ve Never Lied” for one, transcend any such obvious influence. Worth a punt, for sure. www.myspace.com/jlmayfield Rob F. Next