There are a lot of hyphenated descriptions with which to explain the broad background and range of Jesse Markin. Liberian-Finish, singer-songwriter, lyricist-vocalist, and electronically-nuanced, the artist who is probably better served by such a broad title, may be expansive and boundless in his personal and musical influences, but is deep-seeded in his thematic ideologies. Speaking on his first single of 2019, Markin says, “To reach our goals we have to break down the walls holding us back. ‘Jericho’ is a song about letting go and through that, finding peace. The name of the song came from the Old Testament, where the Israelites had to start from the walls of Jericho to get to their promised land. These walls can be found everywhere and that was the idea that led to a song."

 

Jericho lives up to its inspiration, coming together as a poignant yet powerful ballad that finds itself neither defined by stylistic definition nor situational application, but succeeds anyway in its fervent and dedicated direction.