In the video for “You Left Me For Jesus,” singer-songwriter Frances Whitney sits alone with an acoustic guitar on a graffitied former pool in the desert seemingly in the middle of nowhere like a ruined neighborhood once sat. It suits the song about heartbreak and trying to process a seemingly sudden and unexpected breakup. Or at least in Whitney’s words one hears a confusion and an attempt to understand why it all happened not as a path to reconciliation so much but maybe out of a sense of personal closure because the split was a source of pain that can linger with you for years if you don’t process that grief. The lyrics suggest that maybe no one involves understands why the breakup happened making it all the more painful because it doesn’t make sense emotionally or logically. The music is a the sort of sun drenched folk of the Laurel Canyon vintage but with an atmospheric quality that is the hallmark of more modern music yet Whitney’s vocals have a classic quality that is vivid shines in the mix with a warmth to add a dimensionality to the melancholia. Watch the music video for “You Left Me For Jesus” on YouTube and follow Whitney at the links provided.
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