Stephanie Hatfield and Hot Mess - Press

I once asked the members of Stephanie Hatfield & Hot Mess what gave Hatfield the right to be the front woman. Jokes were made about her being hot or whatever, but when it comes down to it, the answer is clear: She can sing.

Stephanie Hatfield, a classically trained opera vocalist who lives in Santa Fe, may be only willing to invite us into the wonder of her life by shoving us head first into the back seat of speeding car that is her remarkable debut album. But once we're in, the record is a fussy and mercurial collection reminding us that the basic derivations of rock music matter most when unbinding the pages of our souls with melodies. Together with her band, Hot Mess, they are the ping from a distant radar bouncing from a lost vessel of unfeigned guitars, vocals, sex and madness built upon empires of heartache and new-found love.