Sweaty palms and a racing heart beat is the feeling given off in Long Way, the opening track to Gordi’s debut album. Debut albums can make or break an artist’s career and on Reservoir, we see Sophie Payton AKA Gordi deliver 11 tracks, that are stunning and have an immense cinematic feel to them.
In Long Way, the rhythmic tick of a clock lingers in the background as the hardened pulse of an electronic beat takes place in the closing moments. Throughout the journey that this album whisks you away on, there are considerable aesthetics familiar in Bon Iver’s albums at play and you will hear multi-layered vocals, big drum sounds and quirky subtle electronic breaks along the way. Heaven I Know, All The Lights We Can’t See and Aeon are definitely where these elements are most prevalent and stand out as album highlights.
For all its intuitive electronic sounds, this is an album that will tug at the heartstrings with its delicate acoustic guitar. The sweeping melodic drone of pump organ that weaves in and out of tracks sweetens the deal in an album that nails emotion, groove and songwriting.
