The Rumpus Interview with Jesse Sykes - The Rumpus

By Scott PinkmountainMarch 6, 201316 min read

The first thing you notice about Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter is Sykes’s voice. It’s a stunning blend of contradictions, cutting and vulnerable,

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