Mystery Waitress

Mystery Waitress is a band that folk artist Tessa Dillon uses as a rock oriented outlet for her songs. The band started with relatively light tones and mostly airy songs with a relaxed flow and a relatively light mood. This changed on their next album, 2024's Bright Black Night, where the emotional knob was dialed into a darker shade, bringing out an edgier sound that does not shy away from distortion at times, where some of their songs even slide towards gloomy atmospherics. Their strength lies in the combination of Dillon's effective songwriting with all the necessary hooks, and the overall smoothness and the deliberate pacing in their delivery.