Pisgah releases brand new single “Favor”

Pisgah is the artistic alias of London-based singer-songwriter Brittney Jenkins, an artist whose music takes cues from her Southern American background with the creative freedom she’s found in the UK. Relocating from the American South to London in 2015, she carries with her a range of influences from artists like Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Emma Ruth Rundle and The Cure. With Pisgah, she stands at the crossroads where poignant songwriting meets layered arrangement, building soundscapes that are musically compelling and thematically profound.

Though music was always been present in her life, Pisgah only began to take shape in 2015 when Brittney taught herself guitar and unlocked her voice as a songwriter. In 2022, she dropped her debut album, Call Louder for Me When You Call and instantly unveiled her ability to pair poignant lyricism with atmospheric instrumentation. Framing ideas of personal and collective loss, natural disasters, family deaths and intimate tragedies, the LP presented a debut that introduced Pisgah as a songwriter with the ability to turn pain into poetics.

After taking time away from releasing new work, Pisgah has returned this month to begin the next chapter of her creative journey. Following the recent single “Cumulonimbus,” she now unveils her latest track titled “Favor,” taken from her forthcoming sophomore record Faultlines, which is set to be released in November. “Favor” sees Brittney draw inspiration from artists such as Aimee Mann, Hayley Williams and Momma, resulting in an alternative 90s-rock-inspired meditation on the collapse of a relationship under impossible pressure.

Using imagery of man-made catastrophe; a plane crash, a nuclear meltdown, the song becomes a post-mortem of love undone by the weight of unattainable ideals with the metaphors carrying a devastating impact, filtering emotional fallout through the lens of disaster. The track was recorded in her home studio and shaped with the help of Austin-based producer Dan Duszynski, known for his work with Jess Williamson and Loma, who handled mixing and mastering.

Setting a grungey scene with the shuffling snap of drums and hazy tones of lightly gritty guitars as her emotive vocal leads hover above, delicate backing vocals swoop below to cast an immersive arrangement. Flowing with subtly catchy melodic leads and a gentle rhythmic sway, she casts a dreamy soundscape tinged with delicate keys and engrossing lyrical writing, offering a stunning display of her enduring sound.

Pisgah’s return feels like an exciting expansion of her highly original musical offering and “Favor” perfectly captures an artist able to confront the fractures of relationships and life itself, turning catastrophe into an affecting sonic experience. With Faultlines arriving soon, Brittney Jenkins is preparing to deliver her most ambitious and absorbing work yet, confirming Pisgah as a voice that shines with atmosphere and self-expression.

Commenting on the single, she shares, “I wrote Favor at a really difficult time, when I was in the middle of falling out with someone close to me. I felt myself trying so hard to meet their expectations, and feeling completely incapable because I couldn’t stop abandoning my own needs in the relationship. I know this is a common experience, so I wanted to capture it in a song the best I could.”

Listen to Favor below

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