Nina Nastasia’s On Leaving stands as one of the most striking records in the NYC songwriter’s catalogue. Sparse, intimate and quietly devastating, the album showcases Nastasia’s singular voice—capable of drifting with ghost-like delicacy or rising with startling emotional force.
Her songs balance toughness and fragility, built from minimal arrangements and shadowed melodies that leave space for every word to land. The effect is gripping; as MOJO once noted, the music can “suck the air out of the room”.
Now marking its 20th anniversary, On Leaving returns to circulation, bringing this stark and deeply affecting work back into focus nearly two decades after it was last widely available.
Her songs balance toughness and fragility, built from minimal arrangements and shadowed melodies that leave space for every word to land. The effect is gripping; as MOJO once noted, the music can “suck the air out of the room”.
Now marking its 20th anniversary, On Leaving returns to circulation, bringing this stark and deeply affecting work back into focus nearly two decades after it was last widely available.
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