As far as multi-hyphenate artists are concerned, Jayli Wolf seems to do it all. Wolf is a JUNO-nominated Indigenous (Anishinaabe/Cree) and Queer musician, poet, producer, filmmaker, and actress—who you may recognize from TV shows such as CBC’s “Mohawk Girls” and “Trickster.” Her latest triumph, however, is her sophomore EP, God Is An Endless Mirror.

Released on September 22 under her own record label, ALT EDEN, God Is An Endless Mirror is a five-track exploration of sound and spirituality.

Layered soundscapes bend the confines of genre, giving way to a fusion of dark folk and electronica that incorporates spoken word poetry, collected sound elements, and experimental instrumentation.

“Sonically, I always like to bend and blend different genres. I think it totally depends on the song,” she reveals to Loose Lips Mag. 

The sonic elements on the EP reflect a much bigger theme at hand, though.

“During the writing process, I was going through a really intense spiritual awakening, it was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before,” she says. “It just came out of nowhere. I was just basically losing my identity, losing everything that I was clinging to, it was just disappearing.”

This inner transformation laid the foundation for the EP’s themes of self-discovery, spiritual awakening, and Indigenous reclamation.

Raised in British Columbia with her religious Danish family, Wolf didn’t fully explore her Indigenous roots until later in life.

“I didn’t actually get to know my biological dad until I was 17,” she says, noting that her father was one of many kids who survived the Sixties Scoop, a Canadian government policy that took Indigenous children and babies away from their biological families and placed them into the foster care system.

“That’s when I started to learn more about my culture. The reclamation work that I’ve been doing for the last four or five years—where I’ve been back to my community, meeting my Indigenous family, my aunts, uncles, grandparents—has been really great for me. I’m coming to stand in my power and know who I am.”

There’s a little bit of that power heard on the EP.

“Welcome Child” embodies the themes of rebirth and cycles of life, as Wolf explains the song represents different phases of existence and the interconnectedness of all life forms. 

There’s a personal catharsis in the dark folk track, “Blood Orange,” as Wolf begs the question: “What do you want from me? What do you want me to be?”

Meanwhile, the EP’s title track “God Is An Endless Mirror” carries a profound message of redefining spirituality and embracing unity.

“I really hope that we can come to a place in our society where we can see the similarities in each other,” she says.

But as much as the album does drive home the idea that we are all connected, it was important for Wolf to do things her own way—which meant releasing the album with her own record label, ALT EDEN.

Facing pressure from labels to conform to a certain image and sound, Wolf made a deliberate choice to maintain creative control and ownership of her artistry.

“No way am I going to go down that route of giving up creative control and ownership. It’s important for me to know the business side of music, and this is a way that I can take that power and control over my artistry,” she says, reflecting on her decision.

God Is An Endless Mirror serves not just as Wolf’s sophomore EP but a powerful narrative of transformation, self-discovery, and artistic reclamation. 

You can find it streaming now on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and more.