Alternative Pop Rock from Pisgah

London-based singer-songwriter Brittney Jenkins, better known by her artistic moniker Pisgah, stands as a truly compelling voice in the modern alternative rock and Americana landscape. Originally from the American South, she brings with her a strong connection to the storytelling traditions and emotional songwriting of that region while instilling it with the creative edge of her adopted home in the UK. Since moving to London in 2015, she’s been operating in a space between the Southern melancholy of Ryan Adams and the atmospheric poetics of artists like Aimee Mann, Emma Ruth Rundle and The Cure.

Pisgah’s work feels highly cinematic, offering transportive music that draws from memory, heartbreak and the strength found in rebuilding. While music has long been a part of her life, Pisgah’s artistic identity only began to take shape after Brittney taught herself guitar and began writing songs in 2015. By 2022, she released her debut album Call Louder for Me When You Call and immediately landed on the map as a songwriter capable of transforming emotion into powerful musical moments that used personal experiences from family tragedies to the collective sense of fragility that defines modern life as the lens through which to process meaning.

After a brief hiatus, Pisgah has returned this year with a renewed creative spark, venturing on the path towards her second full-length project, Faultlines, set to land in December. The new material marks both a continuation and an shift of her sound, introducing a fuller fabric while maintaining the poetic context that’s always been present in her writing.

Following the releases of “Cumulonimbus” and “Favor,” Pisgah now shares her latest single with “Bend to Break,” a song that captures the tension between collapse and liberation, an emotional balancing act that runs through much of her work. “Bend to Break” sees Pisgah blend pop-tinged alternative rock with Americana textures to form a misty and downtempo soundscape where guitars float above pattering drums and expressive vocal leads stitch memorable melodies throughout.

Brought in by the gentle atmosphere of tender guitar notes that softly drift into mellow rhythmic chords, Pisgah’s graceful voice drapes dreamy melodies above the delicate arrangement. With picture painting lyrics and sooth rhythmic sway, the drums build up the energy as the song surges with jangly guitar notes and intricate ebb and flow. Crashing cymbals and sweeping backing vocalisations coalesce into a dazzling alternative outing that continues to expand the latest chapter of her musical story.

Putting her songwriting talent and performance panache on full display, “Bend to Break” delivers an enchanting slice of enduring music that’s sure to leave a lasting impression with listeners. As the release of Faultlines approaches, Pisgah stands ready to stake her claim as one of the most quietly powerful new voices in alternative music. On the new single, she offers, “Bend to Break is one of my favourite songs I’ve written so far. I didn’t have a lot of examples of healthy, stable relationships around me when I was growing up and you can hear it in this song. This song is partially me putting myself in the shoes of my parents before they divorced, and partially me reflecting on why I needed to put an entire ocean between myself and where I come from.”

Listen to Bend to Break below

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