Sitting behind the drums was not enough for Jesse Torrisi. After pounding the skins in a dozen New York rock bands (Unisex Salon, Laptop, Les Fleurs Tragiques), Ms. Torrisi decided it was time to bring her songwriting frontside. Her debut, Brûler Brûler (“burn burn” in French), is a mad dash for passion through the streets of Brazil, Brooklyn, & New Orleans--places Jessie's lived in the last decade. Jesse Torrisi and William Berlind play live on WFMU.(Irene Trudel)