Oh, to be the sweet new kid on the block. With tousled blonde locks and saucer-sized doe eyes, Jessie Baylin is that soft and sought-after girl next door. But boys beware: This gal is wise beyond her 24 years, and she's way above any b.s. from the X-Y chromosome. Her latest album, Firesight, is proof of that. Kicking the set off with the easy groove of "See How I Run" and the jazzy, full-bodied swagger of "Leave Your Mark," Baylin surfaces as a refreshingly mature artist. On the latter track, she crafts a country-influenced come-on that twinkles and shines in all the right ways. That's because as she croons for a lover to leave his mark somewhere on her, she doesn't adopt the over-sexed stance of her similarly aged musical peers. No, Baylin is flying high above that mess, and that’s what’s so endearing and impressive about her material; she unveils heartfelt and adult work you’d expect from someone twice her age. It helps, too, that she sounds more like a sultry Joni Mitchell

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