Why Would You (Go) bubbles with a soft melancholy, like a tender but firm squeeze of your hand and your heart. With a production style that places the focus on layers, Jodie Nicholson has created a piece of music that conveys depth despite the fact it is just three-minutes in length.

Jodie has spent the past 18-months building her reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting talents, having been play-listed by BBC 6 Music and receiving coverage from numerous other radio stations and blogs. And Nicholson’s foreboding track Move left an indelible impression on me last year.

Taking inspiration from her father’s love of prog rock, Nicholson loves music that places you in a moment. There is something about the way Why Would You (Go) surrounds me in sound that evokes the feeling of prog rock and folk, albeit heavily filtered through a contemporary pop lens. Indeed, it immediately makes sense upon hearing her music that Jodie cites artists as diverse as Daugther, Warpaint, Pink Floyd and Laura Marling as influences.

Clearly unafraid of taking risks, on Why Would You (Go) Jodie has a chorus played in an uncommon 7/8th time signature. The disconcerting upheaval we hear musically makes sense, given the song’s subject:

“It’s about knowing a relationship is no good for you, but as soon as you see them, you’re like ‘how could I possibly leave?’, a conversation I had with myself time and time again. You'll hear clips of me driving, talking to myself in my car, which became a safe space for me to voice how I was feeling without ever having to admit anything to anyone else.”

Check out Why Would You (Go) below, and look out for Jodie Nicholson’s forthcoming EP, Can’t Espace The Feeling.