Jess Williamson shares Hum of the City ahead of A Mile South of Heaven
Williamson explains the new song’s pull between city life, rural home and the road. Explore four preview tracks before the album’s October 9 release.
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Jess Williamson announced ‘Hum of the City’ on October 6, 2026, as one more song before A Mile South of Heaven arrives on October 9. Her dated artist newsletter supplies the new-song announcement; her official website and Bandcamp catalogue confirm the planned album release. The album itself was already listed in July, so the fresh development is the song and its accompanying video, not a new album announcement.
In the newsletter, Williamson describes the song as an exploration of her complicated relationship with home: the attraction of city life, the peacefulness of a rural existence and the sense of belonging she sometimes finds in hotels while traveling. She names Los Angeles, Marfa and the road as those different spaces. Williamson says the video was filmed around Los Angeles, with her friend Loren Kramar playing the bartender. The public YouTube listing identifies ‘Jess Williamson - Hum of The City [Official Video]’ on the channel linked from her official website, published October 6.
Start with the video, then use the album’s Bandcamp page for the available previews. At our October 7 check, its twelve-track programme placed ‘Hum of the City’ seventh and exposed audio for that song, ‘Goodbye to All That’, ‘High Heels and Blue Jeans’ and ‘Tracking the Tropics’. The other eight tracks had no audio in the public listing. Those four songs offer entry points before release; the listing does not establish that the entire album can be heard now. We checked public listings, not successful playback or access in every country.
The album credits name Shooter Jennings as producer and Snake Mountain, Sunset Sound Studio 3 in Los Angeles, as the recording location. Mark Rains engineered the recording and mixed it at Station House in Echo Park; Pete Lyman mastered it at Infrasonic Sound in Nashville. The album description frames the collaboration around classic-country sounds. That is the artist’s promotional description, rather than our listening verdict.
There is one songwriting exception to follow when the full programme arrives. The credits name Williamson as writer of all songs except ‘Dark Day in Dallas’, co-written with Lola Kirke, Courtney Marie Andrews, Katie Pearlman and Cornelia Murr. That track sits sixth, immediately before ‘Hum of the City’, but had no audio in the listing we checked. The artist’s release notice and catalogue give October 9 as the planned album date; we have not checked physical-edition stock, retailer checkout or delivery terms.