Amelia

Slow, sultry, and easy on the ears, Portland quartet Amelia play like they're sitting on a porch during summer in the deep South, sipping mint juleps, swatting mosquitoes, and just sweating. Singer Teisha Helgerson is the resident cat on a hot tin roof, purring, winding herself around your ears, her voice thick and soft but with a captivating edge, a hint of whiskey on the breath. She's enveloped in smoky alt-country and downy jazz, a pinch of French cabaret, all played with an enticing languor, a luxurious, infectious ennui.