A psychic told Mama that I would be famous...
...but it wouldn't happen according to plan
And I keep on waiting to fulfill that prediction
Was her crystal ball just some glass made from sand?

Cause I don't trust psychics that tell me the future
But still I hope she can see what I can't
That I'm slowly moving with each new decision
Toward the arena that's packed with my fans

But nothing quite happens according to plan...

Sometimes I wonder if being famous 
Is worse than a torture from feudal Japan
Singing in front of some primates that scream
As they hold up their phones posting on Instagram

Or would there be comfort in knowing I'd written,
Songs that have made people cry and then laugh?
Millions of people singing some lyrics 
That I wrote on a napkin or the backs of my hands

But nothing quite happens according to plan...

In 300 years the last human will find that
First CD I made and then threw in the trash
She'll place it inside a refurbished blue iMac
She'll sing out the choruses
Cry and then laugh

100 percent of the human population
Singing and dancing with me and my band
A psychic told Mama that I would be famous
But it wouldn't happen according to plan

According To Plan

Outside Of Time

Sleeper Awake

Living Undercover

Last Light

No Lives Matter

Is Jesse West the living embodiment of a smoky Hollywood hotel poker game between rock and roll icons? Or is he that guy at your corporate office who vacantly gazes out the window to the even-bigger office building next door? Even he isn’t quite sure.

At the core of the Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is a search for identity. And whether he's transporting listeners to the past (a bad first date with his now-wife) or a distant future (pitch black but for the glow of our most toxic waste), West makes music his vehicle to discover who he is and who we are.

West previously garnered attention as the frontman of Los Angeles’ The Karabal Nightlife, whose songs The Line of Best Fit described as “full of rich harmonies and musical tapestries.” Outside of Time, West’s first release under his own name, is his most engaging collection of songs to date.

Mixing classic song craft and provocative lyrics, West is carving out his niche as a voice for those who believe music should be more than the backdrop to selfies and fist-pumps. In a time where ‘authenticity’ has become synonymous with cold-pressed juice and flower crowns, Jesse West’s music whisks listeners far away from the confines of 2018.