Singer-songwriter jasmine.4.t, has signed to Phoebe’s Bridgers’ record label, Saddest Factory Records. Alongside this announcement, she’s releasing a new single, “Skin on Skin,” on July 16 to celebrate the signing. The track was produced by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus.
Stream “Skin on Skin” here.
Jasmine Cruickshank is a musician based in Manchester and the first U.K. signee to the label. She sings about the tangled joy, heartache, camaraderie, and isolation of transfeminine life. Jasmine started playing the guitar after her late uncle passed his instrument down to her. Soon after, she was playing in “silly skate punk bands” and self-releasing scrappy originals via Breakfast Records, the label she co-founded with friends in Bristol.
After transitioning, Jasmine’s songs are a different beast that are brimming with new life and experience. She originally considered releasing DIY and submitted demos only to Saddest Factory Records after touring with Lucy Dacus. Lucy broke the news: “OK, I just played your demos for Phoebe Bridgers in the car. She’s on the phone to her manager trying to work out how she can sign you.”
Jasmine.4.t on being signed to Saddest Factory:
“Being signed by Phoebe Bridgers is immediately going to open me to a wider audience. I take it seriously, just to be a visible trans woman role model in music, because there aren’t that many, and there should be more.”
Jasmine.4.t Tour Dates:
July 31: London, UK @ The Waiting Room
November 8: Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
Photo courtesy of jasmine.4.t
