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'West coast sounds through a west country lens,' is how Jo Hill articulates the sensuous, sun-dappled spot of indie she's been busy making. It's stepping into a So-Cal sunset, radiating with the afterglow of Glastonbury — and the mud still caked on your boots. The Cheddar-born singer and songwriter recently swapped her wellies and Somerset home for cowboy boots, thrift shop wedding dresses, and Venice Beach Boulevard with Delilah Montagu, where they raucously performed their duet "OTHER GIRL" for passersby. It's a Thelma and Louise meets Runaway Bride moment, and a flash of Jo's joyful and horizon-hopping creative world.

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'West coast sounds through a west country lens,' is how Jo Hill articulates the sensuous, sun-dappled spot of indie she's been busy making. It's stepping into a So-Cal sunset, radiating with the afterglow of Glastonbury — and the mud still caked on your boots. The Cheddar-born singer and songwriter recently swapped her wellies and Somerset home for cowboy boots, thrift shop wedding dresses, and Venice Beach Boulevard with Delilah Montagu, where they raucously performed their duet "OTHER GIRL" for passersby. It's a Thelma and Louise meets Runaway Bride moment, and a flash of Jo's joyful and horizon-hopping creative world.

Down At The Res is Jo's debut EP, a radiant introduction to a sound that stirs the butterflies in the belly of a summer that feels made to last forever — late nights and cider pints in Cheddar, bike rides and blowouts. The five-track EP was produced in her bedroom and those of her collaborators' — Delilah, havelock, boyfriend Benjy — and thrums intensely with that DIY spirit. It opens with the tune that started it all: "HONEYMOON," which broke over 1 million Spotify streams since its self-release in April. The track blossoms with Jo's decorous vocals, awash with Rumors-era Fleetwood Mac sonics — glowing synths, grooving basslines, shimmering percussion. Jo and Benjy made the track while hunkering down in a cottage in rural Wales.

"COASTIN'" is a raw, grungey couples duet, resplendent with hazy guitars a la War on Drugs and woozy vocal harmonies. "WHEN I GET TO LA" leans into country music optimism and Jo's big vocal swoops, while "ASK HOW I AM" is a subtle, sepia-toned lullaby. There's confident curiosity in sound and scope, with a voice that's as airy as it is earthy, whipped up over valleys of synths and swirls of guitars. Her musical barometer bops between Fleetwood Mac, Kacey Musgraves, and The White Stripes.

Jo searches for her purpose with both a sense of hustle and an open heart to opportunity — as well as growing fearlessness. "When I was 18, I remember how frustrated I felt as a woman in the industry. I was terrified of ageing out of that period where young women get signed — it's silly. I want to have concepts and eras," she shares.

"I was always looking for my own unique starting point," Jo says. She left village life and instead of studying opera in London she moved to Bristol, where she scored plays for the Old Vic and became involved in refugee arts organisation The Good Chance. Combining these passions, she began an Anthropology and Arabic degree and taught music in the Middle East. She developed Lyme's Disease in Jordan, where a doctor encouraged her to stay stimulated with her music. "I met these Jordanian producers who were obsessed with producing western music, and I wanted to learn the oud. My first sessions were a cultural exchange," she says.

When lockdown hit, she moved back to Cheddar and worked on a strawberry farm, keeping positive and creative with a 'song in a day' Instagram series. "I'd ask followers for prompts. One was a friend who had a breakup. One was for a premature baby. People from Russia, Italy, Cheddar mums. It really helped with my storytelling," Jo says. Moving to London saw her split the days with sessions and nannying to get by, all the while, building a network by DMing every artist and producer she wanted to collaborate with. There was a whirlwind of self-releases, open mic nights, studio sessions, and finally, a publishing deal. "I kept passionate about pursuing what I was really meant to do," she says. "I couldn't let any failures, rejections, or different pathways feel like a detour. It was always just picking up other passions on the way and bringing them all together."

Now, she's gearing up for her first album, building on a more bombastic sound she has playfully dubbed "UK country." "It more nods to the narratives, sonics, and the nostalgia framing that country music does, but with those small English town dreams, anxieties, and sense of wonder," she says. "It builds up to the glam, Roy Lichenstein elements of a girl making it in the big city. Everyone's got a Cheddar, everyone's got an LA."

Jo has worked with Swedish producer Madelene Eliasson on this new record, who she met on a pitch writing session for another artist. She continues to meet producers and collaborators, from Stockholm to LA, to bolster the sprawling, Scandi pop soundscapes akin to Robyn — "I wanna be like the indie Charli XCX," she laughs, "always collaborating. That's how I discovered my artistry, and coming from a small village, community is important to me." And while there's some album takes that involve cathartic screams into the mic, there's also a more introspective, diary-like approach. "I have this 'Powgirl' character that I can explore my heavier aspects," she says. One seething album cut, "STORMBIRD," is about flourishing from anger and vulnerability. "OFF THE 45," the first track, is a rowdy, cinematic road trip banger. The album will be more purposefully solo, as she crafts a more singular identity, and already fizzes with second album ideas. "I feel like I'm working in chapters. I want to work rapidly. It's important to evolve, make mistakes. I'm learning to embrace the overwhelm."

Amid small pop-up events, obscure gig locations (like South London's The Surprise pub for her EP launch) and a homecoming local cider bar show, Jo is building her live vision — "making Cheddar even more cinematic," of course. Whether a Big Sur sunset drive or a Cheddar Gorge ascent, it's all open roads from here with Jo in your ears.

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