Sydney Ross Mitchell grew up as the only girl in a house full of brothers, in a West Texas town where the three pillars of life were Faith, Family, and Football. From a young age, she had to learn to play hard, hold her own, and make herself heard – instincts that now imbue her writing with a rare mix of sharpness, desperation, and grace that have made her narrative voice unmistakable.
After moving to Los Angeles, Mitchell waited tables and wrote songs between shifts, quietly carving out a space for herself in the city’s creative undercurrent. Her sound lives somewhere between Americana storytelling and pop transcendence. It’s personal, plainspoken, and always searching for meaning in both the sacred and the profane.
Her new EP, Cynthia, is a study in contradiction. Mitchell moves between her deeply religious roots and her exploits as a twenty-something in Los Angeles, exploring how desire, guilt, self-indulgence, and grace coexist in her world. Produced by Mason Stoops, Jonathan Wilson, and Michael Harris, the project spans soaring moments of musicality, stripped emotional performances, and anthemic choruses – a mirror to the dynamic emotional terrain she writes from.
The title track and “Queen of Homecoming” unpack womanhood through a modern Southern lens, wrestling with the impossible task of reconciling who you were raised to be with who you are becoming. “May the Landing Come Softly” closes the record with what is arguably Mitchell’s most vulnerable writing to date, openly acknowledging her struggle with faith and its impact on her life and relationships.Mitchell writes like someone who’s lived every word. Her 2024 single, “Forward to the Kill,” earned a co-sign from SZA and recognition from Zane Lowe, who featured the track on his Apple Music playlist and radio show. Onstage, she exudes a natural charisma – performing with a five-piece band that includes her favorite instrument, pedal steel guitar. Her debut performance drew significant industry attention, further solidifying her as a rising star.
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