Leila Sunier is an Austin-based indie artist whose songwriting embraces contrast. Moving fluidly across genres and emotional registers, her work remains anchored in a distinct, perspective-driven voice. Known for pairing raw expression with sharp, self-aware lyricism, she often undercuts intensity with subtle, cutting humor.
She independently released two EPs in 2020: If Only To Bleed Out the White Noise and Where Everything Is Perfect, the latter co-produced with Alex Newport and earning support from NPR, PopMatters, and others. Since relocating to Austin in 2022, she has released the fully self-produced full-length Too Big For Right Now (2024). She is currently finishing her second album, due in 2026.
Jessica Healey is an independent Austin-based artist writing at the crossroads of indie folk, jazz, soul, and pop. She has performed as an official SXSW artist, received the Austin Live Music Fund grant, and been named a Sonic Guild Artist.
Frequently compared to singer-songwriters such as Madison Cunningham, Joni Mitchell, and Corinne Bailey Rae, Jess writes with jarring self-awareness, laying indelible lyricism over complex harmony. Her music is emotionally raw and musically sophisticated, yet totally approachable.
Her debut EP, tryhard, blends elements of soul-pop and R&B and reveals the mental gymnastics of a striver: overthinking and over-caring. Containing groovy horn lines, colorful percussion, and bittersweet piano, this varied project possesses enough emotional analysis to give any navel-gazer a run for their money. Her sophomore EP, Unrest, explores duality and complicity across five tracks, arriving early 2027.
With impeccable intonation, wry wit, and a magnetic onstage presence, Jess invites live audiences into both the humor and the heaviness of her mind.