It’d been three years since Kayla Cohen (a.k.a Itasca) released 2016’s Open to Chance, a sublime offering where the singer-songwriter sought to connect with the nature, and beings, that surrounds her with finger-picked acoustic melodies and lilting country ballads. There was a good reason for her absence—wanting to escape the hustle and bustle of L.A., Cohen went on a six-month creative retreat to rural New Mexico in hopes of finding something new and meaningful. One of her findings is documented on her new single, "Bess’s Dance," a gentle jazz-folk fusion that conjures images of her days living in an old adobe house.
"Bess’s Dance" is the first reveal off Itasca’s fourth LP, Spring, which is due out on November 1 via Paradise of Bachelors. Juan Rodríguez