New Music Review - ‘A Day’ by Jack Robertson
A Day by Jack Robertson was released on the 9th July 2025. Cover: via Jack’s Instagram.
Jack is back. That’s right! Jack Robertson is back in New Zealand after spending time in LA recording for his upcoming EP and he has bought back with him a mellowed, but impressively exquisite tearjerker for your week ahead.
A Day is a harrowing story, with purposefully placed lyricism that feels like an understanding of the heart, even through the grief of life, which Jack pulls flawlessly from his bag of magical music tricks with this new, sombre release.
A Day holds an evidential amount of sincerity to Jack and it touches the soul in a way that you would not expect it to. It feels like a classic, a sweet serenity between the lines of what sadness the song tends to hold. A special dedication of sorts, with some eerily heartfelt moments that yearn to be heard.
Grief of all sorts is unfortunately universal, but it can be understood through the power of music. It can help you feel less solo in your woes, something Jack has really showcased in A Day, and I really enjoy this element of feeling as though anyone who can relate to this song doesn’t have to go the journey by themselves.
Jack has intricately utilised every ounce of care to bring A Day to life, with lyrics hitting beyond the mark, such as heartbreakingly vulnerable structures such as “I wish the car didn't start that night / I wish it pulled more to the right / and I'd got the call that you were fine / every little choice you chose worth every little stick and poke / and it would take a day” on a scale of one to ouch, I’m guessing that this one would have been a painful write, and each time that an artist writes a song like this, it says a lot about how they are able to express themselves, and the ability to be vulnerable, which reminds listeners that no matter who you are, everyone goes through those hardships and moments of loss.
Whether the track written is personal, or fictional, it still has that pull that brings listeners in because it hits those raw nerves, and sometimes, just sometimes, we want to hear things that can make us feel those emotions, and I feel that A Day really serves that purpose.
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