The first single is called Nightmare and will be available via all digital outlets on April 12th. The straightforward no holds barred -type of song is built around a central theme that’s famous from many a Danzig song – a hunter tailing helpless female prey – but turns the setting on its head by placing an empowered female protagonist as the hunter.

Saarela describes how the songwriting process has stemmed from a need to create and ponder one’s existence and surroundings.
– “Music for me represents constant progress and a means to get by in our existence in this dimension. I’ve written these songs on the guitar or piano. I first started my solo project with Timo from Jess and the Ancient Ones, but eventually gathered a solo band around me from people at my school.

Saarela considers the album a paean to nature and the human mind, also to an indescribable longing, so well known to all romantic artists of the past centuries.
– “I named the project based on the fact that I’ve lived by a lake for more or less my entire lake. I’ve grown in the forest and felt a strong, unchanged bond with nature through the years.”

Under The Red Light Shine is out on June 7th on CD, LP and digital formats.

Jess By The Lake:
Jasmin Saarela – vocals, guitar, Wurlitzer
Marianne Heikkinen –  drums
Heikki Leppäjärvi –  bass
Aapo Kauppinen – guitar
Ethel Seppälä – keyboards