Jenny Gillespie Mason has released “Touch Everyone On Earth,” the third and final preview of her upcoming album In the Safety of the Light, dropping June 12th on Native Cat Recordings. Produced by the acclaimed Noah Georgeson (famed for his work with Joanna Newsom and Devendra Banhart), the track swaps out standard instrumentation for a tender, plaintive Wurlitzer arrangement. It grounds a deeply atmospheric song that explores a late-night spiritual experience in New York City and a plea for global healing.
“Touch Everyone On Earth” unfolds with the quiet intimacy of a late-night dream-prayer. Written during a sleepless night in a Manhattan hotel room, the song envisions the Divine Mother answering a plea to soothe and heal a traumatised world. At the suggestion of producer Noah Georgeson, the entire piece was recorded on a Wurlitzer electric piano, providing a warm, vulnerable backdrop that perfectly captures the raw emotional weight of private devotion.
Of the single, Mason explains,
“This song draws from a spiritual experience I had on a sleepless night visiting New York City a few years ago. I often have really beautiful, deep experiences there, sometimes pretty intense and weird, that end up changing me. I heard recently the city is built on a bedrock of quartz, so it’s just super charged and can be transformative if you’re open. Noah Georgeson who produced the record suggested I record this song on Wurlitzer which I think fits perfectly as it’s such a plaintive, tender sound and the song’s chorus describes the act of prayer.”
The single marks the final thematic piece of the puzzle for In the Safety of the Light, following the previously released singles “Rungs of Love” and “Medicine of Light.” Together, the trio of tracks maps out a deliberate journey up the ladder from earthly affection to a higher spiritual devotion. The release highlights the true scope of the upcoming album: a collection of music that remains completely spare, quiet, and intimate in its physical form, while holding massive, expansive spiritual ambitions.
