When singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata was growing up, she went to all-girls school that she says warped her into the relationship-obsessed woman she’s become, at least in the lyrics of her songs. She began singing with a funk-crazed dance band called Bumpus while she was in college studying theater. While touring and recording with Bumpus, she was also writing confessional, deeply emotional songs that didn’t fit the band’s format. Happenstance, her first solo album, was a folk/pop charmer. Her tunes have appeared on The O.C., The L Word, Grey’s Anatomy and Alias, and Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams and Conor Oberst all expressed admiration for her vocal style. Having just issued Chesapeake (Frankenfish), Yamagata will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with her.
Yamagata: I’m a soap girl. Not a facial, dermatologist latest lotion, three-step gal, but a what’s-next-to-the-sink soap girl. Occasionally, I’ll go for something oatmeal soap style, but never anything too fancy. However, this face mask is a face saver. You break out and it’s there to rescue you. A lot of face masks are creamy and beady and promise the world, but I like this one because it gets rock hard when you let it dry to the point of difficulty if you have to make a phone call. It’s just a bunch of perfect mud, I guess, but it seems to soak up all the bad stuff, and when you wake the next day can’t believe you have such a beautiful complexion. Like a good pair of tweezers, it’s on my list of “Did I pack it?” and “Oh lord, I’ve run out where is a Kiehl’s store?” I say all this, of course, after not having a jar for about three months now. All immersed in my record-making world of late, a few things have slipped by the wayside and doing a face mask in front of eight guys is not always the best thing that gains their respect. However, I knew something felt off and perhaps it’s been because of this all along. Gonna get me some today, I think.
Video after the jump.
