Jess Williamson releases a magical one-shot video for “Time Ain’t Accidental,” the title track and opener from Williamson’s highly anticipated new album, out June 9th via Mexican Summer.The FADER, who premiered the video and profiled Williamson today, calls the new album “a bittersweet collection of songs that deal with heartbreak, recovery, and new beginnings with wit and a bracing openness. There’s a subtle, conversational style to Williamson’s songwriting and voice that feels more like talking to a friend than being performed to.”
”The lyrics to ‘Time Ain’t Accidental’ came pouring out of me because it’s the true story of a very special day when I was falling in love with the person who is now my partner. The chorus references a Raymond Carver book of short stories I was reading at the time, and to me the song itself feels like a short story. For the video, we wanted to make the album cover come to life. We shot it in one take on Pinto Canyon Road outside of Marfa, Texas during a storm. That specific stretch of highway is really special to me, because when I was working on the record I would go on long walks down this empty road listening back to my mixes and working out the album sequence. When I’m out there alone I feel like the only person inside of a vast painting, it’s surreal, and I wanted to share that feeling with the world,” says Williamson.
Williamson is currently on the road in support of Time Ain’t Accidental through June 17th. All dates below. Tickets are available now at jesswilliamson.com/tour.
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.
Last year, Williamson and Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee released I Walked With You A Waysunder the name Plains; a critically acclaimed record filled to the whiskey-barreled brim with feminine confidence, camaraderie, and straight-up country bangers and ballads.
TOUR DATES:
5/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
5/24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
5/26 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
5/27 – Toronto, ON @ The Monarch Tavern
5/28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ WonderWorks Music & Arts Festival
5/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
5/31 – Chicago, IL @ Judson & Moore
6/1 – Chicago, IL @ Judson & Moore
6/2 – Spring Green, WI – Shitty Barn Sessions
6/3 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
6/5 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room @ Colectivo
6/6 – Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
6/8 – Dallas, TX @ The Sundown
6/9 – Austin, TX – Continental Club
6/10 – Austin, TX – Continental Club
6/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
