Singer-songwriter Jamie Drake is happy to announce the June 10 release of a new album New Girl via AntiFragile Music.  Today she shares the first single “Easy Target,” her first new music since last year’s Here Comes The Light, The B Sides EP.  The track exemplifies her penchant for perfectly melding indie folk with pop stylings. It was written with Nashville’s Caroline Spence and marks their first collaboration. Musically inspired by Drake’s love of early 1970s Laurel Canyon, the lyrics are a personal reflection on her romantic choices. She shares: it’s easy (pun intended) for me to relate to this song because it’s about how naive I have been in the past when it comes to love.

Like many, I’m someone who grew up in an abusive home and as a result searched for love to fill that void. I searched my whole life until I truly realized that I had to love myself first. Love addiction is one of the common side effects of growing up in an abusive environment. 

I’m really happy and proud to say I’m a recovering love addict who has finally found my person as a result of loving myself first. ‘Easy Target’ is an honest reflection on my not-so-recent past, as if I’m reminiscing over the mistakes of my younger self with a forgiving smile, knowing that I’ve finally learned my lesson.”

New Girl is also informed by Jamie’s discovery of ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) which she credits for changing her life. Through that work and a trip she made to North Carolina to be near her family during the pandemic, Jamie has found herself healing old wounds. She shares, “Music’s always felt like a mysterious, second language to me. A melody will fall down from the sky when I’m driving or in the shower, and I’ll record a voice memo on my phone so I don’t forget it. Lyrics don’t come as easily to me but they’re always biographical. It’s difficult for me to have the desire to write a song if it’s not personal.”