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Jess Jocoy salutes the full spread of her abilities with her second full-length effort, Let There Be No Despair, trading the ethereal sweep of Brighter Eyes for an organic, elegiac mix of folk and sharply-crafted singer/songwriter sensibilities. Laced with violin, acoustic guitar, bowed bass, and light touches of amplification, Let There Be No Despair mixes autobiography with imaginative character portraits. Jocoy counts her blessings with “I Will Be Glad,” a song rooted in the passing of her father, her close relationship with her mother, and the challenge of sharing her love with another.
Jocoy comments “While I like to include little hints of my truth within my songs, I Will Be Glad is a song with a lot of personal truth. It’s a salute to my parents for raising me to look for the good and always give thanks, for all my faults and misgivings, or when the road feels a little too long.”
