“Learning to Wait” is Jord.’s debut, and boy, you can tell it’s been brewing for a while. The Melbourne singer-songwriter has poured heart, memory, and a fair bit of grit into this eight-track collection, and it shows from the first piano note to the last cymbal crash.
Right out of the gate, “The Book You Gave Me” sets the tone with relaxed piano and shimmering guitar lines wrapped around Jord.’s tender, almost hesitant vocals. There’s longing here, sure, but it’s a soft ache, the kind you feel in the small hours when you’re wondering if someone’s thinking of you too. He sings that he needs to know where he and his partner stand, because he would do whatever they wished and thinks of them. The steady, heartbeat-like drums make it feel like the question’s been looping in his head for days.
Midway through, “Gorgeous” rolls in with glistening guitar and breezy vocals that feel almost effortless. It’s an uncomplicated love song, but not a naive one—it’s the sound of someone genuinely basking in how good they feel with the right person beside them. The percussion jitters and taps just enough to keep things moving, like sunlight flickering on water.
Then comes “Low Again,” which closes the record on a gut-punch. Jord. sings low and heavy over a simple piano refrain, strings brooding underneath like storm clouds on the horizon. When the drums start pounding and cymbals flare, it’s a swell in emotion, the breaking point where all the quiet heaviness finally bursts. Backing vocals echo him like friends who’ve shown up when it matters most.
It’s an album that wears its sincerity without shame, shifting easily between gentle ballads and more muscular rock touches, but always circling back to its core: storytelling. Jord. lets you leaf through his diary, smudged ink and all. Turns out It’s a page-turner.
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Review by: Naomi Joan