There’s been lots stated concerning the creeping endemic of isolation, however Alex Johnston frames it with a young frankness in Sitting Alone, the title monitor from his sophomore nation people LP. Via a lens tinged with sepia, the tune carries the dusty heat of the 60s and 70s, drawing from the twang of Americana and the understated melancholy that may resonate with admirers of Nick Drake, The Zombies, and Neil Younger.
The association is stripped of extra but wealthy in texture, letting the guitar’s mild cadence and Johnston’s simple, un-postured supply breathe. It’s a bittersweet portrait, neither wallowing in solitude nor sugar-coating it, as a substitute permitting moments of sunshine to seep in by means of the melancholy. There’s a playfully free high quality to the phrasing that makes the monitor really feel like a quiet dialog with somebody who understands, even when they will’t clear up the issue at hand.
Whereas Johnston would possibly downplay the ripple his sound has made, there’s an plain attraction within the unvarnished nature of his songwriting. He’s not right here to placed on airs, solely to create an sincere connection, and in Sitting Alone, that connection is each unassuming and profound.
Sitting Alone is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
