Between Naples concrete and London static, JudeS found her voice.

JudeS — born Giusy, affectionately nicknamed "Little Giusy" by people who remember the girl with the oversized eyes and oversized dreams—is now writing from the safety of a tiny flat where clinking beer bottles collide against hot radiators and tambourines sing with the sound of nervous laughter.

The first album released by JudeS was called Shadows (I See Them Now). It was full of texture and texture-loving songwriters: wind and salt; paper and concrete; light cutting through. Picture Amy Winehouse's raw honesty with the flickering freedom of Daisy Jones—but warmer, more sunny and always hopeful as hell.

After 12 years of being in a relationship that transitioned from pedestal to prison, JudeS discovered her own personal Tower Moment: the Tarot Card of the collapse. "Game Over, Ovèr" (out February 13th) is that reckoning. Jamm che cazz, (in Neapolitan) she laughs in response to my comment that we're doing great except for... he isn't actually that's true.

Jamm che cazz was originally a joke but eventually served as both a reflection of herself and a way of expressing how she was feeling. She has a lyric on one verse of the track where she sings, "E chesta stanz, già sap e nat' " (In English, "This room tastes of newness"), referring to herself but not to a former lover.

You can feel the grief, ash and concrete but there is also a lot of movement while listening to this record: movement that is percussive/tambourine-bright and undeniably alive!

If "Wuthering Heights" had ended with Catherine choosing herself, this album should be considered the closing soundtrack.

(#Gameover; #Ovèr).

This is not an end; it is an emergence!