IndieTapes: Jessi Robertson - Dark Matter
She’s a remarkably talented musician with a voice that’s both expressive and elegant, moving with ease between tenderness and strength. The album features eight tracks shaped by personal experiences and the challenges of health diagnoses that became not only obstacles but also sources of inspiration.
Edgar Allen Poets: Dark Matter Is Jessi Robertson’s Album out Now
Dark Matter is a rare kind of album — elegant, emotional, and unpredictable, yet perfectly cohesive. Jessi Robertson proves she’s not just a great vocalist but a true artist of feeling and form.
Muse Chronicle: “Dark Matter”-by Jessi Robertson is a Courageous Journey of Unmasking and Self-Reclamation
Transformation and self-discovery through music are the markers of Jessi Robertson’s journey. Originally from upstate New York, Robertson got a foot in the door through Brooklyn’s indie musical landscape, where she gained popularity for her approach to songwriting being emotionally intense. Her songs are melodies that seamlessly blend various genres, ranging from rock to pop, while including folk traditions, which is why she shines with overwhelming radiance in this crowded music industry.
Indieoclock: Jessi Robertson traz seu novo e lindo álbum
Translated from Portuguese: The first track, "Spooky Action At a Distance," is a beautiful opening track that demonstrates the depth and impact of this work. A spine-chilling vocal delivers words filled with life and soul, reaching us and making us feel connected to our emotions. This track features a well-crafted pop sound with rock and folk influences that leave us with the feeling of having found a unique and cinematic melody. We love how this song resonated with us and how strong and beautiful it sounds to us, everything we've always wanted.
Brooklyn Roads: Jessi Robertson: A Voice for the Vulnerable
As she continues to evolve as an artist and advocate, on thing remains certain: Jessi Robertson’s voice will echo in the hearts and minds of listeners for years to come, leaving an indelible mark on the musical landscape.
Indie Band Guru: Jessi Robertson Shares a Powerful Song With ‘Taking out Monsters’
Jessi Robertson uses her captivating vocals and storytelling qualities to deliver the impressive single ‘Taking Out Monsters’
Indie Band Guru: Jessi Robertson’s Talents Shine on ‘Fresh Way to Disappear’
‘Fresh Way to Disappear’ is yet another captivating song by Jessi Robertson which her voice steals the show
Smart, Cutting-Edge Tunesmithing at Manhattan’s Most Comfortable Listening Room
Jessi Robertson, with her harrowing narratives of angst and despair and her otherworldly, soul-infused wail, is the star of the show there on Friday the 29th. She’s a surprisingly funny performer for someone whose music is so dark and intense.
Free Music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum: Good Times and Good Tunesmithing
In a mix of artsy but terse post-PJ Harvey acoustic rock as well as older, more opaque material, Robertson aired out her signature, throaty, otherworldly wail, channeling sheer emotional destitution, alienation and abandonment – and some good jokes.
Jessi Robertson Brings Her Otherworldly Intensity to the American Folk Art Museum
Jessi Robertson‘s voice looms out from a deep, otherworldly, often tortured place. Her singing has little in common with Nina Simone and even less with Little Jimmy Scott, but she channels the same kind of deeply personal yet unselfconscious torment and emotional destitution as both of those artists. That’s not to say that all of Robertson’s songs are sad – a handful are actually pretty funny – but that her slowly rising melismas and full-throated wail come from the same place: the blues.
BMI Indie Spotlight: Jessi Robertson
From a soothing lullaby to a wild rock and roll wail, Jessi Robertson has the kind of effortless vocal range that others can only dream of.
A Volcanic, Intense New Album and a Union Hall Show from Jessi Robertson
The most haunting and intense song of all is Winter Coat, just Robertson’s low, anguished vocals and acoustic guitar, a chilling portrait of battles with inner demons – Lucinda Williams would be proud to have written something this vivid. The final cut, Cipher, is much the same, Robertson on piano this time, a chillingly apocalyptic digital-age parable. Like all the best art, this album gives you pause and makes you question where you are, whether in your own life or in what’s around you: the most intimately personal as political.
NineBullets.net: I Came From The War
Every syllable that escapes Robertson’s lips has that longing, that fire, that raw immediacy that allows you to hear and feel her soul.
Jessi Robertson’s dark, beautiful masterpiece: ‘I Came from the War’
Beyond being a musician, Robertson is a true poet. Her words drip with marvelous colors, and she writes more like she’s wielding a brush than a pen.
Songwriter’s Monthly Magazine - Small Town Girls
Jessi is staggeringly vulnerable in her music. She risks all for the truth. But it’s a truth that’s sung with beautiful, soul-weary vocals that resonate with compassion , making Robertson’s performance absolutely mesmerizing.
Performing Songwriter Magazine: DIY Top 12 Picks
… a voice that commands attention from the first note.
The Deli NYC: Half-Moon
[Half-Moon] showcases Jessi’s electric folk sound while lyrically exploring the loneliness and alienation that have become haunting themes in her work.
Editor’s Review: c|net
This New York singer-songwriter draws comparisons to equally spirited alt-folk muses Tori Amos and PJ Harvey. But with her quavering, spiritual verses, the analogy she deserves is with Jeff Buckley…
