In Rotation: Jessie Mazin

Good songwriting translates across any genre line. You strip away the heavy production and the samples, and you are left strictly with the truth of the pen. Jessie Mazin named her April 2026 debut EP untitled.jpeg as a nod to coming of age on the internet, but she writes like someone who just threw her router into the Pacific Ocean. The LA-based singer-songwriter is making alternative folk that actually has some teeth. On "the man with money in his hands," she points a direct finger at the hyper-rich. She skips the veiled metaphors entirely, delivering a scathing indictment of greed over a bare acoustic guitar. Producers Carlos de la Garza and Adam Melchor give the rest of the EP a cinematic sweep. You hear this clearly on "the precipice," where the drums build steadily into a heavy, cathartic crash under her vocal runs. But honestly, the live acoustic recordings circulating online—particularly her Medium Sized Backyard sessions—showcase her true ceiling. When it is just her vocal tone against wood and steel, you hear the raw nerve of a generation exhausted by political unrest. I have seen the Sarah McLachlan comparisons floating around the blogs. I hear the vocal purity, sure, but Mazin carries a cynical edge that belongs entirely to right now. The industry is catching up to the music. "the precipice" recently landed on Spotify's New Music Friday and Apple Music's New Music Daily, while Sirius XMU and Albany's WEXT are keeping her in heavy radio rotation. "i cut out my brain" is also climbing Spotify's #NowWatching playlist. The data proves the timing, but the streaming numbers are just a byproduct of her blunt honesty. We get pitched a lot of activist pop that feels like a focus-grouped marketing rollout. Mazin actually sounds p*ssed off. She sounds genuinely tired of the economic realities of 2026, and she channels that fatigue into incredible art. She hits the road this fall with Kevin Atwater. They touch down at The Foundry in Philly on September 27, Space Ballroom in Hamden on the 29th, and Terminal West in Atlanta on October 5. Go see her in these smaller rooms while you still can. Hit play below.