Soul-Folk Serenity and Autumnal Longing as Jordan Renzi Drifts Through ‘September’ –

The other seasons rarely hold a candle to the serenity of autumn, which is why Jordan Renzi’s September, taken from her LP On Your Side, hits with such arresting emotional clarity. She envelopes you in that liminal shift between light and loss, where warmth clings to the air even as the world braces for winter’s inevitability. In this soul-folk meditation, love lingers in the season like a soft bruise you press just to feel something true, colouring the track with a melancholy that drifts into soft remembrance.

Minimalist yet sonorously resolute, the arrangement Renzi chose for September is timelessly evocative. Gentle finger-picked guitars ascend above the quiver of violin strings; the tempo is guided by a quiet, steady pulse that fades from conscious awareness the moment you fall under the seraphic sublimity of her harmonic warmth. There’s power within the quiescence of her delivery, a kind of unforced grace that lets the emotional weight land without theatrics. Her full-bodied vocals refuse to be diluted by the breathy indie-folk trend; they carry the weight of someone who knows exactly what it is to want to eternalise a fleeting connection and protect it from the eventual sting of separation.

As a fusionist of high-lonesome folk and contemporary soul, Renzi has long been known for her raw honesty and poetic sensibility. Her reputation across Cape Cod’s scene owes as much to that emotional candour as to the accolades she’s received, including the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s 2017 Fellowship in Performing Arts.

September is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Bandcamp.

Review by Amelia Vandergast