Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

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Jesse Solomon, known professionally as Jesse Sykes, was born on July 17, 1967, in Mount Kisco, New York. She is an American singer-songwriter who began her musical journey at age 12 when she purchased her first guitar inspired by Lynyrd Skynyrd. After earning a BFA in photography from Rhode Island School of Design, Jesse Sykes moved to Seattle in 1990 and started playing in local bands. In 1998, she formed Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter with Phil Wandscher (guitar, piano, organ, harmonium, vocals), former member of Whiskeytown with Ryan Adams. The band, completed with Anne Marie Ruljancich (violin, viola, cello), Bill Herzog (upright bass, electric bass) and Kevin Warner (drums), released their debut album Reckless Burning in 2003. Their follow-up album, 2004's Oh, My Girl, was recognized by music critic Jon Pareles of the New York Times on his end-of-year list and featured on NPR's All Things Considered. Following the departure of Kevin Warner, replaced by Eric Eagle, the band recorded Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Souls, released in February 2007. In 2011, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter released their fourth album Marble Son, which received critical acclaim from various outlets including The New York Times and Spin. The long-awaited fifth studio album, Forever, I've Been Being Born, was finally released in November 2025.

Top tracks

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Reckless Burning
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
06:54
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Made Of Wood
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
05:01
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Birds Of Passerine
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
03:52
Composers: Jesse Sykes
03
Come To Mary
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:33
Composers: Jesse Sykes
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Troubled Soul
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:09
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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The Dreaming Dead
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
06:04
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Your Own Kind
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
06:39
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
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Lullaby
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Reckless Burning
04:45
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
01
Hushed By Devotion
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
08:24
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
01
Oh, My Girl
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
04:38
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
06
Be It Me, Or Be It None
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:23
Composers: Jesse Sykes
07
Pleasuring The Divine
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
05:20
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
04
Servant Of Our Vision
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:41
Composers: Jesse Sykes
05
Ceiling's High
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:26
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
02
Marble Son
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:15
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
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Winter's Empty Pages
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:34
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Wooden Roses
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
05:34
Composers: Jesse Sykes
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Drinking With Strangers
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
04:22
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Eisenhower Moon
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:33
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
03
Dewayne
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
05:15
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Weight of Cancer
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
06:02
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You Are Not Gotten Here
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
04:17
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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House By The Lake
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:32
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Love Me, Someday
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
03:53
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Tell The Boys
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
03:53
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
08
Winter Hunter
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:27
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
04
I Still Hear Lorelei
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:48
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Birds Over Water
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
06:37
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Gentle Chaperone
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
05:40
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Grow A New Heart
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:34
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Your Eyes Told
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:31
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Forever, I've Been Being Born
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
06:35
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Feather Treasure
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
03:43
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Dead End Pools
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:53
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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Oh, My Sitter
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:48
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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A New Medium
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:58
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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My Sweet Hereafter
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I've Been Being Born
04:18
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
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How Will We Know?
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
05:24
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Station Grey
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
05:04
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Spectral Beings
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:13
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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The Air Is Thin
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:20
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
03
You Might Walk Away
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
02:49
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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LLL
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:57
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Aftermath
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:27
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
07
Hard Not to Believe
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:36
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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The Open Halls of the Soul
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
05:26
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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I Like the Sound
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:51
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

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  • Discography
Albums
Marble Son
(P) 2011 Station Grey Records
29-03-2011
Marble Son
01
Hushed By Devotion
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
08:24
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
02
Marble Son
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:15
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
03
Come To Mary
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:33
Composers: Jesse Sykes
04
Servant Of Our Vision
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:41
Composers: Jesse Sykes
05
Ceiling's High
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:26
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
06
Be It Me, Or Be It None
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
04:23
Composers: Jesse Sykes
07
Pleasuring The Divine
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Marble Son
05:20
Composers: Phil Wandscher - Jesse Sykes
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
2007 Barsuk Records
01-01-2006
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
01
Eisenhower Moon
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:33
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
02
LLL
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
03:57
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
03
You Might Walk Away
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
02:49
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
04
The Air Is Thin
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:20
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
05
Spectral Beings
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:13
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
06
How Will We Know?
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
05:24
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
07
Hard Not to Believe
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
04:36
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Oh, My Girl
2004 Barsuk Records
19-04-2004
Oh, My Girl
01
Oh, My Girl
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
04:38
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
02
You Are Not Gotten Here
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
04:17
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
03
Troubled Soul
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:09
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
04
The Dreaming Dead
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
06:04
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
05
Your Eyes Told
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
05:31
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
06
Tell The Boys
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
03:53
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
07
Birds Over Water
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Oh, My Girl
06:37
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Singles
Dewayne
(P) 2018 Station Grey Records
22-06-2018
Dewayne
01
Dewayne
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Dewayne
05:14
Composers: Jesse Sykes - Phil Wandscher
Featured in
Reckless Burning
2003 Barsuk Records
21-01-2003
Reckless Burning
01
Reckless Burning
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
06:54
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
02
Doralee
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
04:10
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
03
Lonely Still
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
04:47
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
04
Your Side Now
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
05:05
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
05
Don't Let Me Go
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
03:37
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
06
Drinking With Strangers
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
04:22
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
07
Made Of Wood
Jesse Sykes
Reckless Burning
05:01
Writer: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Composers: Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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