If you don’t find yourself touched when listening to nellie’s voice, there might be something inherently broken with you. There’s such a delicacy to her tone, an emotional expressiveness that comes through despite such a softness and subtlety to it all. On ‘Acquaintances’, this soulful indie rock artist pulls at your heartstrings in such a powerful yet grounded way. The song describes lost friendships, that notion of drifting away from the ones you cared so much about at one point but today you can’t even remember the simplest things about them. You find yourself reminiscing, running down nostalgia lane, and tearing up about experiences that you once cherished with those who made life worth living to you.
It’s a special one, without a doubt. I found myself getting goose bumps towards the end as she echoes the titular word. Perhaps it hit too close to home personally, but I can imagine it would for many more. Poignance with a touch of pain.