Ana Jordyn is a singer, songwriter and producer from Kansas City who makes a fresh blend of indie pop, r&b and funk-inflected grooves. Jordyn has just released a brand new EP, titled Solaris, a five song collection which she describes as both a labour of love and only the beginning. One which not only marks an artist coming to find their creative sensibilities, but hints at the directions in which they might move next.
The record’s third track, ‘Why You Love Me’ is a good place to start. The EP’s emotional core, it explores a relationship in all of its complications, seeing the situation from multiple perspectives in order to better understand it. Self-critical introspection sits side by side with a kind of grateful bewilderment as Jordyn unpacks feelings of love and guilt with painful clarity. “In one sense I’m talking about my habits of self-sabotaging a relationship that could be good for me and I don’t give myself the chance to experience that,” she describes. “In another sense it talks about how people continue to love me in spite of my antics and lack of attention and care I give them.”
Solaris is out now via streaming services.
