Jenn Sutkowski
Photo by Jason Sievers
Jenn Sutkowski is a multi-instrumentalist (dabbler, she'd say) who makes some weird solo stuff in addition to her bands, Trippy Hearts, and East Witch West. Find her first album, Natural Impressions, here on Bandcamp and streaming.
She likes to follow the sound, sample things in nature, and build harmonic soundscapes, maybe even some galactic ones if she's lucky. But she'll settle for walking through the grass and seeing how that feels (while recording it and using it as percussion, of course).
She likes to follow the sound, sample things in nature, and build harmonic soundscapes, maybe even some galactic ones if she's lucky. But she'll settle for walking through the grass and seeing how that feels (while recording it and using it as percussion, of course).
Jenn brings her signature love of harmony and lone-wolf DIY to this deeply personal album. Built from layered, natural samples—kicking autumn leaves, breaking branches used as percussion--Natural Impressions is rooted in her love of crafting moody songscapes from the ground up, with rich, unexpected harmonies and textures from organ, banjo, guitar, ukulele, and glockenspiel.
Jenn recorded the album herself, on location in places significant to her, including her home studio. Years in the making, Natural Impressions reflects on growing up in the woods, doing better, looking to the cosmos, and searching for peace.
Natural Impressions is mixed and mastered by Z.V. House at Rabbitbrush Audio in Boise.
On “Magic, Plants & Love,” she set out to capture the feeling of walking through grass with birds overhead on Nantucket—and did exactly that, recording vocals in the bathroom of a cottage in ’Sconset. A water-filled goblet warbles on “Starry-Eyed,” while crickets recorded at Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise chirp through the autobiographical sketch “Old Woods.” Some songs unfold as fragments or mood pieces—attempts to capture something fleeting in time and space.
After losing her father to Alzheimer’s in 2018—always a champion of her music—Jenn realized life is too short not to finish and share her first album. As Dr. Wayne Dyer said, “Don’t die with your music still in you.” The cover of Natural Impressions features a treasured photo of her mother, who passed in 1999.
This album is dedicated to her parents, and to the muse.
Jenn recorded the album herself, on location in places significant to her, including her home studio. Years in the making, Natural Impressions reflects on growing up in the woods, doing better, looking to the cosmos, and searching for peace.
Natural Impressions is mixed and mastered by Z.V. House at Rabbitbrush Audio in Boise.
On “Magic, Plants & Love,” she set out to capture the feeling of walking through grass with birds overhead on Nantucket—and did exactly that, recording vocals in the bathroom of a cottage in ’Sconset. A water-filled goblet warbles on “Starry-Eyed,” while crickets recorded at Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise chirp through the autobiographical sketch “Old Woods.” Some songs unfold as fragments or mood pieces—attempts to capture something fleeting in time and space.
After losing her father to Alzheimer’s in 2018—always a champion of her music—Jenn realized life is too short not to finish and share her first album. As Dr. Wayne Dyer said, “Don’t die with your music still in you.” The cover of Natural Impressions features a treasured photo of her mother, who passed in 1999.
This album is dedicated to her parents, and to the muse.
