Self-discovery doesnt come easy. Its usually a rite of passage to get burned before the wounds can heal and often takes a new perspective to truly understand yourself. 18 months and 10,000kms travelled since many needles first dropped on her debut LP Listen To Formation Look For The Signs, its safe to say with new album Preservation, Nadia Reid now knows herself extremely well. Preservation is about the point I started to love myself again. It is about strength, observation and sobriety, Nadia says. Its about when I could see the future again. When the world was good again. When music was realised as my longest standing comfort. Through cavernous lows, blissful highs and globe-trotting adventures, music has been by Nadias side the entire way. Whether in New Zealands familiar rugged beaches and mountains, brutally windy Wellington, her hometown harbour Port Chalmers or the untrodden territory of faceless hotel rooms or the jungle in Kuala Lumpur, every episode of loss, heartbreak, and disappointment glimmers throughout. Travelling inspires me. Im learning that things need to happen for the writing to come. Like making time to be alone with my guitar. Ive grown to crave that. I almost like to starve myself of it to crave it. For some, being so far removed from all you know would be unsettling, but Nadia is keen to embrace the challenge of moving forwards in the face of uncertainty. This place of newness must be where all the good stuff happens, Nadia reveals. An artist must be uncomfortable, must tour the world, and mustnt stay in her home-town for too long. I feel very happy and changed by my time abroad. I have fallen back in love with music, or perhaps learnt to trust her a little more. Often in times of exhaustion, confusion, and home-sickness, music has been the constant. An ode to self-reflection and self-betterment, Preservation is the sound of Nadia showing her true colours, taking back a bit of power, and learning more about herself. Deeply intellectual but felt by all, it punches harder than before. Nadias beautifully warm vocals coolly wrap around feelings of turbulence, and exude a gently improved confidence. This record is about being OK with who I am in the world, and who I want to be. Learning to live with the fact Im a person who operates differently to others, admits Nadia. Im richer for the fact I am a musician. Without this way of being, I couldnt write songs. Returning to the production skills of Ben Edwards in his Sitting Room studios and long term guitarist Sam Taylor, this time around everything is rubbed in more grit and channels Nadias deftly profound take on life and whilst we already knew it, her own realisation that it is music which drives her. I remember recording the tracks, it was about 11 at night, and I felt almost transcendental, as if I was out of my body, singing these words to myself. Thats what these songs are; a confession to my future and past self. Nadia has seen the world sh Format Detail: LP 180g w/ DL Internal ID: JITRE Released: 04/07/2017 Genre: Rock Format: Vinyl Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
