The track is the artist’s first new release of the year following an encouraging 2023
Since the beginning of last year, Brighton’s Jordi Alkema is an artist who has been establishing a fiercely unique and memorable brand of gothic-tinged folk-rock that melds quirkiness, heart and intensity in a fashion that keeps things feeling gripping and exciting throughout his releases.
The latest new single from the artist is ‘Black Lake’, a track packed full of imagery throughout, utilising the artist’s descriptive and immersive songwriting to honestly and openly explore the consequences of the artist pursuing desire and the fallout of that. The unique nature of his sound and conflicting emotions mean that the track unfolds in a dreamy and uplifting manner, further adding to its confounding nature and hammering home just how exciting and memorable Jordi Alkema is as an artist.
Adding to the intrigue and appeal of the track is its compelling music video, a stylistically shot and well-crafted piece of work that showcases (an admittedly suave) Jordi in a variety of isolated landscapes looking everything from intense, to angry, to thoughtful, adding to this atmosphere of conflicting feelings and pent up emotions, and furthering the dream sequence-y feel of the track as a whole. The track and the video come together to create a really multi-faceted and engrossing sense of tone and feel, amplifying each other to make for a memorable and three dimensional experience as a viewer that feels sharp and dynamic.
