Jillette Johnson


Jillette Johnson is an American singer-songwriter and musician from New York City. Johnson signed with Wind-up Records in 2012 and is registered with the Performance Rights Organisation BMI. Her debut album with Wind-up, Water in a Whale, was released on June 25, 2013. Johnson has garnered comparisons to Fiona Apple and Adele.

History

Jillette grew up in New York City and started playing piano and writing music before the age of 10. She started playing live venues in NYC at the age of 12. Jillette auditioned for The Voice on NBC but turned down the offer to appear on the show so she could focus all of her effort toward her career and her music.

''Whiskey & Frosting'' and ''Water in a Whale''

Jillette released her debut EP, Whiskey & Frosting, on August 14, 2012 on Wind-up Records. The EP contains five tracks that were written by Jillette in her apartment over the previous year, and she claims that the track "When The Ship Goes Down" is the best track she has ever written.
Her debut album with Wind-up, Water in a Whale, was released June 25, 2013. The title is a line from the lyrics of "True North" The album consists of the five tracks from the preview EP plus eight new tracks and a new version of "Cameron". It was produced by Peter Zizzo and Michael Mangini.

Track list

  1. "Torpedo"*
  2. "Cameron"*
  3. "Flood The Ocean"
  4. "When The Ship Goes Down"*
  5. "Last Bus Out"
  6. "Pauvre Coeur"*
  7. "Peter Pan"
  8. "Basset Hound"
  9. "Butterfly Catcher"
  10. "Heathen"*
  11. "True North"
  12. "Cameron"
  13. "17"
  14. "Box of Crayons"
*Previewed on Whiskey & Frosting
The same year Jillette Johnson shared her favorite music in a show "I am the DJ" on an online streaming music service Slacker Radio. In another interview she was favorably compared to singer-songwriters like Sara Bareilles and Tori Amos.

''Disaster Game''

In an interview with Aimee Curran of Baeble Music, Johnson performed a new song, Disaster Game. She often includes new, unreleased songs in her live show.

''All I Ever See In You Is Me''

Johnson released her sophomore album All I Ever See In You Is Me on July 28, 2017 through Rounder Records. It was produced by Dave Cobb at the legendary RCA Studio A in Nashville, TN. Johnson worked with photographer, Anna Webber on album artwork and press photography.

Track list

  1. Bunny
  2. Love Is Blind
  3. Throw Out Your Mirror
  4. Holiday
  5. Flip A Coin
  6. In Repair
  7. Not Tonight
  8. Like You Raised Me
  9. I'm Sorry
  10. All I Ever See In You Is Me
  11. Thumbelina

    Philanthropy

Johnson supports the anti-bullying campaign, Hey U.G.L.Y via the Pledge Music site.