Chessa Rich

North Carolina-based Chessa Rich wrote her shadowy and aquatic debut album "Deeper Sleeper" about the years she spent living with an undiagnosed sleep disorder that dramatically influenced her relationship to sleep, productivity, dreaming and creativity. Recorded at Milan Hill in March 2021, "Deeper Sleeper" is the narrative of finally waking up. It showcases her informed rule-breaking songwriting steeped in a past not only of musical collaboration and performance (Hiss Golden Messenger, Tift Merritt, Dante High), but of a gentle persistence to discover oneself amidst a vibrant landscape of others. The nine tracks divulge—in Rich’s distinctly seasoned sound—the heartfelt importance of having mindfulness of those closest to you.