To Enjoy is the Only Thing // Album Review
Maple Glider (real name: Tori Zietsch) reaches far and wide across the emotional spectrum to deliver an unadorned and heartfelt performance on her debut To Enjoy is the Only Thing.
slated for release via Partisan Records, 25 June 2021
Melbourne-based Zietsch wrote the bulk of the album while living in Brighton and was more concerned with the intensity of feelings than life’s events’ worldly significance. To Enjoy is thematically wide-ranging yet undeniably personal: the gripping Weyes Blood-reminiscent ‘As Tradition’ embodies a sense of disassociation, anchoring its reference points in Zietsch’s religious upbringing; ‘Views From This Side’ is a gorgeous ode to intergenerational love and the cycle of life rooted in Zietsch’s own family ties; ‘Friend’ is a candid love letter to imperfect friendships with allusions to a former bandmate and stand-out ‘Good Thing’ is a retrospective on the end of a romantic relationship that permeates much of the album.
Favorites: As Tradition, Good Thing
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