The arrow and the aim (Nadia Reid) (LP 3623 - 3625)

Nadia Reid  Look for Formations, Look for Signs (CD, Spunk Records, 2015) ***  

Nadia Reid  Preservation (CD, Spunk Records, 2017) ***

Nadia Reid  Out of My Province (CD, Spacebomb Records, 2020) *****    

Genre: NZ Music, folk-rock

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Oh Canada (Out of My Province)

Gear costume: Call The Days ( Listen to Formation...)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Nadia Reid is a New Zealand singer songwriter. She adds some strong pop and folk elements to her music and she has now recorded four albums to critical acclaim.

Ten years ago, I picked up on the mention/review from Mojo Magazine and so bought her debut album. It was good enough for me to also grab a copy of her second album, although I didn't enjoy it as much.

The cover kind of says it all on Preservation. It's not a very flattering portrait, and while the songs continued to be strong, I didn't sense any great development on that second album.

That would change for her next effort.

Third album, Out of My Province (reviewed on my Destination: Records blog) is her best so far, I believe (I haven't heard her latest yet). The arrangements are lusher and the lyrical content bites (as it does on those earlier albums as well).

Where do they all belong? Her latest, Enter Now Brightness, was out earlier this year. She a very talented singer-songwriter with a glorious voice, so I will add this to my Spotify list.