Description
Empathy is one of Nesbitt’s greatest strengths. We hear it on “Painkiller”, a Joni
Mitchell-indebted ballad on which her heart breaks for the men who believe they
have to suppress their own feelings. One of the album’s standout qualities is,
perhaps, the dynamic that Nesbitt creates from one song to the next. Where
many folk artists might lean into quiet introspection, she craves the full spectrum
of emotion – so ensconced around “Painkiller” you have the tender “On the Run’,
with its distant shivers of percussion and crystalline piano, but also “Anger”. She’s
in a nostalgic mood on the rousing “Coming Home”, a Springsteen- inspired,
driving-with-the-top-down journey back to the places and people she loves.
We all lose ourselves sometimes. The trick is learning how to find our way back,
pushing those clouds away to see the blue skies beyond. For artist Nina Nesbitt,
hard-hitting truths and revelations take precedent on her remarkable, career-best
album, Mountain Music. Nesbitt knows exactly who she is, and now, she’s ready
to tell the world.
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