Born and raised in rural Georgia on her mothersfarm, as an adolescent Mattiel found refuge in hermothers record collection, which included recordsby Donovan, Peter Paul & Mary and The Monkees.

A talented ad designer, illustrator and set builder,she moved to Atlanta and met Randy Michael andJonah Swilley in 2014 and began writing musicthat would eventually form the basis of her debutalbum, which was written and recorded quicklyover nine months.

Influenced by the likes of Screamin Jay Hawkins,Andre 3000, Marc Bolan, Sister Rosetta Tharpe,The Staple Singers and Jack White among manyothers, the writing process was simple; Michaeland Swilley supplied instrumental compositionsand handed them over to Mattiel for lyrical contentand melodies.