Cassandra Jenkins talks recalibrating after grief, the poetry of everyday life, and her new album, 'My Light, My Destroyer.'
The singer, songwriter, and observer talks recalibrating after grief, the poetry of everyday life, her William Shatner-inspired space opera, and the haunting presence ofwhere a voice cuts in. It’s not Cassandra Jenkins’s voice, but her mother’s. “That’s Mars,” Sandy says. “Do you see where it’s really reddish?” “Yeah,” Cassandra replies, excitedly. “And that one is so bright—Venus, look at it! It’s crazy how bright that is,” Sandy continues.
“I live at home, I see my parents a lot,” Jenkins says. “It can be really easy to take a lot of those moments for granted. And, honestly, that moment didn’t feel any more significant than any other moment in my life at the time that I was recording it.
The Sennheisers allow Jenkins to throw herself into the world with “an even finer-tuned ear,” as if they’re a “magnifying glass on sound.” She blends into the background when wearing them, becoming a “real observer” in a way that isn’t intrusive while capturing candid moments on the street. “I always have an intention to not be sneaky about it or try to capture audio in a devious way,” she says. “It’s always with this curious, open mind.
“I think laughing alone in the street, at certain points, is beautiful and fun,” Jenkins says. “But, if you’re feeling isolated, it can get old. You need other people to be able to laugh at things, especially when they get tough. These moments are little strings that you can follow. They are what gets me through life; they are the thing that helps you laugh when you’re facing a difficult situation.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver once wrote. It’s a great question without an answer, a dynamic you can find on all of Cassandra Jenkins’s records, especially now on songs like “Delphinium Blue” and “Omakase.” “I wander through the pet store asking, ‘What is my true nature?,’” she sings on “Petco.
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