1 9 9 0 s ▁children ' s ▁films <0x0A> </s> ▁Ess ie ▁J ain ▁is ▁an ▁English ▁singer - song writer ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁London , ▁who ▁is ▁now ▁based ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Her ▁first ▁published ▁work ▁was ▁a ▁single ▁track , ▁" Why ", ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁The ▁Sound ▁the ▁H are ▁He ard , ▁which ▁contains ▁a ▁single ▁track ▁each ▁from ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁artists ▁including ▁S uf jan ▁Stevens ▁and ▁Col in ▁Mel oy . ▁This ▁record ▁was ▁cur ated ▁by ▁S lim ▁Moon ▁and ▁released ▁by ▁Kill ▁Rock ▁Stars . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁she ▁did ▁a ▁Take - A way ▁Show ▁video ▁session ▁shot ▁by ▁Vincent ▁Moon . ▁In ▁this ▁session , ▁J ain ▁played ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁and ▁sang ▁" Under stand " ▁and ▁" G l ory ". ▁Both ▁songs ▁would ▁soon ▁be ▁released ▁on ▁her ▁first ▁full - length ▁record . ▁ ▁Her ▁first ▁full - length ▁record , ▁We ▁Made ▁This ▁O urs el ves , ▁drew ▁compar isons ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁folk ▁sing ers ▁Sand y ▁Den ny ▁and ▁Vas ht i ▁Bun yan . ▁This ▁record ▁was ▁originally ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁Ba ▁Da ▁B ing ▁records ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁on ▁The ▁Le af ▁Label . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁" M s . ▁J ain ▁builds ▁stark ▁mini atures ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁light ▁str ums ▁of ▁guitar