Music and Books
Jessica Cotten’s new music, poetry, and books.
Edge of the Wilderness Instrumentals
Released March of 2023, Edge of the Wilderness Instrumentals features instrumental mixes of all the songs from my new EP. You’ll find deeply textured electronica sounds, ambient synths, and beats that motivate without distracting. Perfect for music to use while working or working out, or whenever you simply want a soundscape for life.
Available on all digital music platforms.
Edge of the Wilderness
Available now on all music platforms.
You could say indie electro-pop artist Jessica Cotten was provoked into making her debut EP, Edge of the Wilderness. Fed up with the hypocrisy of the times, unjust systems, and manipulative religious environments, Jessica launched a bold and ultra-catchy, political and cultural missive. In addition to its fiery purposefulness, the six-song EP is a declaration of hard-fought artistic autonomy.
Indie electronica, electronic rock, electropop.
“Edge of the Wilderness is musically ethereal and hypnotic. Her voice is similar to that of Kate Bush or Imogen Heap while the music is like Enigma. It has a dreamlike quality to it that acts as a façade over the truthful lyrics, furthering the idea that nothing is what it seems on a first impression.”
— Independent Artist Buzz
“I love your album so much!!!!!! What an amazing artist you are!! Each song is a powerful experience!!! I am so enjoying the music you have created 🎶🎵❤️🎈🎶🎵❤️🎈”
— My Friend Lauren
“I happen to LOVE your music – I pinch myself that it is my niece. The other week I was riding my bike (which I do unless the weather prevents) and this awesome song came up and I wondered if it was Shania Twain that I had missed (I have a lot of her songs they are great to ride with). So I stopped and looked at my phone and it was your “My Heroes.” I almost cried. When you write, when you sing, you bare your soul and I can almost feel I am with you…”
— My Uncle Jeff
“The musician, singer, and songwriter has curated a sonic world where hard truths nestle their way into your mind via big hooks.”
— Stitched Sound
Edge of the Wilderness
Available now on all music platforms.
You could say indie electro-pop artist Jessica Cotten was provoked into making her debut EP, Edge of the Wilderness. Fed up with the hypocrisy of the times, unjust systems, and manipulative religious environments, Jessica launched a bold and ultra-catchy, political and cultural missive. In addition to its fiery purposefulness, the six-song EP is a declaration of hard-fought artistic autonomy.
Indie electronica, electronic rock, electropop.
“Edge of the Wilderness is musically ethereal and hypnotic. Her voice is similar to that of Kate Bush or Imogen Heap while the music is like Enigma. It has a dreamlike quality to it that acts as a façade over the truthful lyrics, furthering the idea that nothing is what it seems on a first impression.”
— Independent Artist Buzz
“I love your album so much!!!!!! What an amazing artist you are!! Each song is a powerful experience!!! I am so enjoying the music you have created 🎶🎵❤️🎈🎶🎵❤️🎈”
— My Friend Lauren
“10 out of 10!”
— Overheard by my friend at his office where the EP was playing over the loudspeakers.
“I happen to LOVE your music – I pinch myself that it is my niece. The other week I was riding my bike (which I do unless the weather prevents) and this awesome song came up and I wondered if it was Shania Twain that I had missed (I have a lot of her songs they are great to ride with). So I stopped and looked at my phone and it was your “My Heroes.” I almost cried. When you write, when you sing, you bare your soul and I can almost feel I am with you…”
— My Uncle Jeff
“The musician, singer, and songwriter has curated a sonic world where hard truths nestle their way into your mind via big hooks.”
— Stitched Sound
Sea Between: A Collection
Debuted as #1 New Release on Amazon in Poetry About Nature Category in the first week of June, 2019 // We tend to let life happen. Days pass and we lose sight of ourselves with such ease. We work, we sleep, we dream, we give up, we win, we lose, we trudge through our real-life events like we’re scrolling through a social media feed. We numb ourselves with busyness. But what about the intricacies of life? What about how the events of each day actually affect us?
Poetry helps us to embrace life, instead of skimming through it. Poetry helps us to feel, reminding us that we have a heart. If we let it, poetry will help us hurt…and help us heal. It tells us stories about ourselves and about our world. Poetry pulls us out of the rat race and reminds us who we are. It shatters the mask that society asks us to wear and provides us with sacred moments of authenticity and contemplation. The world needs more poetry.
A rescue for those who tire of busyness, division, and deception, Sea Between: A Collection offers a pause for reflection and a chance to pursue the deeper meanings of life. Jessica invites us to re-discover calm, thoughtfulness, creativity, and love.
