Embed and breakfast man: Jessica Lea Mayfield

If there's a finer song this year than Jessica Lea Mayfield's Our Hearts Are Wrong, then 2011 is going to be a year spoiled rotten.

Here she is doing the song on Letterman, in case you've not yet had the pleasure:

Jessica has been performing on stage for twelve years. She's 21. A bit of a leg-up came with that Black Keys guest duet, but mostly... it's all down to her. And a strange voice - good strange - that she says has no high range at all.

And she doesn't swallow any old shit, either:

. I remember when I was a kid, my cat died. And the vet gave me this letter that said my cat was in heaven sitting on rainbow. My thought was “bullshit” on a similar note, I always wrote Santa mean letters, like “write me back if you exist, jerk”.

Santa has yet to respond.

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If you're still not convinced enough to pop your hand into your pocket:

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Further beautiful pain across the weekend
Kiss Me Again
The One That I Love Best live at KRCL
For Today live at FolkAlley.com
Grown Man live at The Farm