Austin singer/songwriter Jana Horn stirred up a little buzz back in 2015 with the debut album by her band Reservations, but they're now defunct and Jana has just released her debut solo album, Optimism, on No Quarter Records. Speaking about the album, Jana says:
[It] seemed to come about indirectly, almost in passing, a feeling of being in-between things... I had just discovered, late, Raymond Carver Broadcast, Sibylle Baier (which “Tonight” is more or less dedicated to), Annette Peacock, Richard & Linda Thompson, a short story called “Car Crash While Hitchhiking” by Denis Johnson. I had “Heart Needs a Home” in mind, “The Great Valerio;” I was just really moving through the world, hanging in the shadows of the people I wanted to be. Hoping, looking out, this is Optimism. I was looking for anything.