Indie Folk from Tessa Lee

Based in Tasmania, Tessa Lee is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who blends elements of folk, blues, pop and jazz to make her own music. Performing both as a solo artist and as part of a duo, she’s also joined by The Cold Weather Band on stage, linking up with musicians Ian Howard on drums, guitarist Fintan McCullough and Isaac Gee on bass to add their flair to Tessa’s compositions.

Having made her studio recording debut last year, she released her well-received debut single “Warm Orange Glow”, giving listeners around the world the first taste of her songwriting and vocal talents. Now she’s back with the follow up and sophomore single titled “Could It Be?”.

Recorded at Rolling on The River Studios with producer Jethro Pickett who also added Hammond organ on the track, her new single marks a subtle departure from her jazz influences and leans into a more rock oriented style. Featuring instrumental backing from The Cold Weather Band, with “Could It Be?”, Tessa Lee lays down a smouldering indie folk track full of soul that’s as memorable as it is timeless.

Commenting on the single, she shares, “The track arrived fully formed, without much stress on my behalf in the writing process. I was driving through town in my new van, and you know when you wave at a friend, and they don’t recognise you because you’re in a new car? So that image went in… and on this particular day, there were literally hundreds of road works, and I got this mad idea that maybe road workers are secretly in love with digging big holes, akin to the urban myth that firefighters are secretly pyromaniacs. So that went in.”

Adding, “But those are just the images floating on the surface of this song, and underneath there’s something going on which is never fully stated, the way a painter leaves the interpretation of the work up to the audience. The protagonist has a secret, and every listener will project their own ideas of what that is onto the meaning of the song.”

Listen to Could It Be? below