London-based American singer-songwriter Brittney Jenkins, under her solo project Pisgah, announces the release of her second full-length album, Faultlines, premiering today via Music Crowns. The record follows her acclaimed 2022 debut Call Louder for Me When You Call and represents a striking artistic evolution, balancing shimmering indie rock textures with deeply personal, introspective songwriting.
Faultlines fuses the lyrical intimacy of Julia Jacklin and Ex:Re with the raw emotional resonance of Big Thief and Indigo de Souza, crafting a sound that is both expansive and emotionally unflinching. The album meditates on generational trauma, loss, and the invisible fault lines that shape identity and relationships.
Written and recorded by Jenkins in her home studio, and co-produced, mixed, and mastered by Dan Duszynski (Loma, Jess Williamson), Faultlines spans eight tracks of evocative storytelling and dynamic sonic landscapes—ranging from euphoric, layered guitar work to stark, haunting minimalism. Jenkins draws inspiration from thunderstorms over desert landscapes, the photography of Francesca Woodman and Gregory Crewdson, the quiet devastation of Aimee Mann, and the mythic resonance of Hecate, goddess of crossroads.
Visual art profoundly shaped the record’s conception: Jenkins’ academic background in art history led her to craft a moodboard exploring shadow and light, mirroring the duality of the album’s themes. The final cover photograph, taken on the north shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, encapsulates the album’s core: transformation through turbulence.
“Faultlines explores where fault lies when our relationships, with others and with ourselves, break down completely,” Jenkins explains. “It’s about the before and after moments that divide a life, and how you rebuild from them.”
Track Highlights
- “Cumulonimbus” opens with crashing, shimmering guitars, exploring inherited trauma and family histories with melodies that are as euphoric as they are achingly reflective.
- “Favor” portrays self-abandonment through distorted guitars and urgent percussion, threading imagery of plane crashes and nuclear meltdowns into a haunting narrative of seeking approval.
- The emotional centerpiece, “Bone to Pick,” confronts the long shadow of sexual assault with sparse instrumentation and raw, unflinching vocal delivery.
- “5ft2,” written in memory of Jenkins’ grandmothers, is a tender elegy and celebration of strength, set against glistening guitar tones.
- Minimalist and nocturnal, “Splintering” evokes wandering deserted streets at midnight, capturing fractured meaning that glows quietly in darkness.
- “Bend to Break” and its spiritual sequel “Out of the Gate” depict liberation and self-reclamation, with cinematic alt-country swells and driving, electric guitars.
- Closing the album, “Song for Jason Molina (Cold Rain)” channels Molina’s stark, soulful spirit in a final act of release, stepping into the light after the storm.
With Faultlines, Pisgah delivers an album that is at once deeply personal and sonically immersive—a testament to Brittney Jenkins’ fearless exploration of vulnerability, memory, and artistic growth.
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