Category: Jordan Bussell

Jordan Bussell Shares New Single “If You Let Me”


UK-based singer/songwriter Jordan Bussell has released her first single in three years titled “If You Let Me.” This follows her sophomore album What You Wouldn’t Do For Me. In true Jordan Bussell fashion, “If You Let Me” is a soulful acoustic ballad that offers a sense of optimism while it tackles heavy themes. About the track, Jordan says, “I wrote this sitting with a close friend just after both of our worlds had all but fallen apart. I’d just learned the relationship I was planning my life around had been full of deception, betrayal and manipulation. My friend had also lost his relationship, his home and the future he had envisioned. We sat shell shocked and lost. Trying to support with his pain helped distract from my own.” “If You Let Me” will appear on her upcoming third album Aftershocks, which will be released at the end of September/start of October. You can listen to “If You Let Me” below: 

Album Review: Jordan Bussell – Wolves & Curses

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Artist: Jordan Bussell 

Album: Wolves & Curses

Genre: Folk/Indie Rock/Blues

Label: Self-released

Rating: 8/10

When an artist can successfully convey the emotions derived from a sentimental concept and teleport you to the world they’ve built through their music, it’s an experience like no other. For Plymouth, UK based artist Jordan Bussell, it’s as if this is second nature to her. Her debut album Wolves & Curses is incredibly focused with a concept that can resonate with anyone. Written, performed, and produced entirely by herself, this is a concept album that tells the tale of a relationship gone bad. A relationship that reaches its long overdue ending, and Jordan unsparingly walks the listener through the myriad of emotions felt during the process of a relationship like this. She uses the “wolf” character to represent the curse that has been thrust upon her in this fading relationship, and she sings her woes in a way that is soothing yet dark. Instrumentally this music isn’t overbearing or overproduced. It’s subtle yet contains an atmosphere that reflects a desolate wilderness where Jordan works through her solitude. When hearing this music I can just smell the smoky campfire wood, but this isn’t just someone sitting around a campfire singing “Jimmy Crack Corn,” this is Folksy Blues with a darker and more melancholy edge that at the same time doesn’t sound too defeated. Her voice, fragile yet powerful, is beautifully comforting. It’s music that can sing you to sleep, but also captivate you with its sincere content and enthralling concept that invites you into the mind of an ambitious visionary. In a world now where the “concept album” is a rare commodity, it’s refreshing hearing an album with such vision.

Written By: Steven Sandoval