Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
“A great storyteller knows how to set a scene. They understand the importance of immersion and the power of presentation. They know how to stoke others’ curiosity, sustain their attention and resolve the narrative in a meaningful, affecting way. By those metrics, Cassandra Jenkins is an excellent storyteller. As the emotional core of her sophomore album, 2021’s An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, “Hard Drive” takes us to a bevy of locales.
Warm saxophones and droning synths introduce us to a security guard who stops to offer an overview on phenomenal nature. A guitar ostinato and steady bass groove bring us to the Inn of the Seventh Ray, where we meet a bookkeeper who says the mind is just a hard drive. Lively drums precede a driving lesson with Darryl, only for the guitar melody and sax to drop out once we go to Lola’s place to meet Peri, who puts our heart back together. The connecting thread through all these disparate scenes is Jenkins herself. Her featherlight voice is calm, yet it’s alive with the gained wisdom of the various journeys she documents here. We’re fortunate enough that she takes us with her.”
Paste Magazine, Grant Sharples, Oct 16, 2024
Cassandra Jenkins
Official Website cassandrajenkins.com
YouTube youtube.com/channel/UClRBDb1hJYCeBPeMH6KuyGg?app=desktop
Instagram instagram.com/cassandrajenkins/?hl=en
Facebook facebook.com/CassandraJenkinsOfficial
Bandcamp cassandrajenkins.bandcamp.com
Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/1WVGbBnzZ5WLZ2PfesIHik
Cassandra Jenkins is on Tour now. Buy your tickets here: cassandrajenkins.com/#shows
♪ lyrics ♪
So these are real things that happened
Where you can apply these these, um, important concepts
And understand that
When we lose our connection to nature
We lose our spirit, our humanity, our sense of self
A security guard stopped me to offer an overview
On phenomenal nature
She said, "sculpture is not just formed from penetration
You see, men have lost touch with the feminine"
And with her pink lipstick
And her Queens accent
She went on for a while about our president
I asked the bookkeeper
At the end of the seventh ray
To tell me what he knew about Saint Germain
And he told me about chakras and karma and the purple flame
The birth of the cosmos
The ascended masters and the astral plane
He said, "you know the mind
The mind is just a hard drive
In this life
The mind is just a hard drive"
Darryl's been teaching me how to drive
I finally got my license when I was thirty-five
Speeding up the west side
Changing lanes
He reminds me
To leave room for grace
He said, "have you been seeing your therapist?
You seem a little on edge
Are you always this nervous?"
I said, "yes
And this is a hard drive
Yes
This is just a hard drive
Yeah
A hard drive"
Mmm, mmm
I ran into Perry at Lowell's place
Her gemstone eyes caught my gaze
She said, "oh, dear, I can see you've had a rough few months
But this year
It's gonna be a good one
I'll count to three and tap your shoulder
We're gonna put your heart back together
So all those little pieces they took from you
They're coming back now
They'll miss 'em too
So close your eyes
I'll count to three
Take a deep breath
Count with me"
She said, "one, two, three
Oh, like
One, two, three
One, two, three
Just breathe
One, two, three
Count with me
One, two, three
All those little pieces
One, two, three
We're gonna put 'em back together now
Are you ready?"
One, two, three
One, two, three
Oh, like
One, two, three
She said, "One, two, three"
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“A great storyteller knows how to set a scene. They understand the importance of immersion and the power of presentation. They know how to stoke others’ curiosity, sustain their attention and resolve the narrative in a meaningful, affecting way. By those metrics, Cassandra Jenkins is an excellent storyteller. As the emotional core of her sophomore album, 2021’s An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, “Hard Drive” takes us to a bevy of locales.
Warm saxophones and droning synths introduce us to a security guard who stops to offer an overview on phenomenal nature. A guitar ostinato and steady bass groove bring us to the Inn of the Seventh Ray, where we meet a bookkeeper who says the mind is just a hard drive. Lively drums precede a driving lesson with Darryl, only for the guitar melody and sax to drop out once we go to Lola’s place to meet Peri, who puts our heart back together. The connecting thread through all these disparate scenes is Jenkins herself. Her featherlight voice is calm, yet it’s alive with the gained wisdom of the various journeys she documents here. We’re fortunate enough that she takes us with her.”
Paste Magazine, Grant Sharples, Oct 16, 2024
Cassandra Jenkins
Official Website cassandrajenkins.com
YouTube youtube.com/channel/UClRBDb1hJYCeBPeMH6KuyGg?app=desktop
Instagram instagram.com/cassandrajenkins/?hl=en
Facebook facebook.com/CassandraJenkinsOfficial
Bandcamp cassandrajenkins.bandcamp.com
Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/1WVGbBnzZ5WLZ2PfesIHik
Cassandra Jenkins is on Tour now. Buy your tickets here: cassandrajenkins.com/#shows
♪ lyrics ♪
So these are real things that happened
Where you can apply these these, um, important concepts
And understand that
When we lose our connection to nature
We lose our spirit, our humanity, our sense of self
A security guard stopped me to offer an overview
On phenomenal nature
She said, "sculpture is not just formed from penetration
You see, men have lost touch with the feminine"
And with her pink lipstick
And her Queens accent
She went on for a while about our president
I asked the bookkeeper
At the end of the seventh ray
To tell me what he knew about Saint Germain
And he told me about chakras and karma and the purple flame
The birth of the cosmos
The ascended masters and the astral plane
He said, "you know the mind
The mind is just a hard drive
In this life
The mind is just a hard drive"
Darryl's been teaching me how to drive
I finally got my license when I was thirty-five
Speeding up the west side
Changing lanes
He reminds me
To leave room for grace
He said, "have you been seeing your therapist?
You seem a little on edge
Are you always this nervous?"
I said, "yes
And this is a hard drive
Yes
This is just a hard drive
Yeah
A hard drive"
Mmm, mmm
I ran into Perry at Lowell's place
Her gemstone eyes caught my gaze
She said, "oh, dear, I can see you've had a rough few months
But this year
It's gonna be a good one
I'll count to three and tap your shoulder
We're gonna put your heart back together
So all those little pieces they took from you
They're coming back now
They'll miss 'em too
So close your eyes
I'll count to three
Take a deep breath
Count with me"
She said, "one, two, three
Oh, like
One, two, three
One, two, three
Just breathe
One, two, three
Count with me
One, two, three
All those little pieces
One, two, three
We're gonna put 'em back together now
Are you ready?"
One, two, three
One, two, three
Oh, like
One, two, three
She said, "One, two, three"
______________________________________
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The Tiny Majority's main focus is the promotion of underground artists of many different genres like indie rock, bedroom pop, lofi, hip-hop and more.
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