Sophomore Sophistication: Pisgah’s Faultlines is a Masterful Offering From Start to Finish

Okay, it's the eighth of December, and I'm ready to call it: London-based singer/songwriter Pisgah is my artist of the year. The solo musical project of American-born artist Brittney Jenkins, Pisgah delivered three of my favourite tunes this year - Cumulonimbus, Favor, and Bend to Break. Now, it's time for her sophomore album, Faultlines.

A record I've been dying to hear, Brittney released Faultlines just four days ago. Featuring eight tracks that examine the emotional yet crucial pain of breaking down to rebuild and find clarity, it's an album built on bare, unvarnished honesty.

Cumulonimbus gently begins proceedings, and I’ll admit my bias upfront - it was my introduction to Pisgah's sound. Still, there's no denying its dreamy and hypnotic pull.

Favor then enters the fray with grace and warmth, before the hauntingly rich and layered Bone to Pick makes its appearance. A genius piece of atmospheric cinema, it leads the listener elegantly into 5ft2, an intimate, stripped-back song that lets Brittney's vocals take the lead.

Splintering is another brand new tune that somehow lands with the instant familiarity of its predecessors - before it makes way for the slow-burning, spacious odyssey that is Bend to Break.

Out of the Gate and Song for Jason Molina (Cold Rain) complete Faultlines, and for these two, you're on your own. All I'll say is this…it's a masterful offering from start to finish.

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