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May 18, 2020As Williamson comes into her own on her fourth full-length, it’s clear that she has not only reached an enlightened moment of clarity in her life, but that she’s also crafted the best album of her young career. This record is intensely personal yet wide-reaching, and even if Jess admits that she’s “no sorceress”, she certainly has a way of captivating her audience.
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May 19, 2020A fully realized collection of 11 songs that are at once polished, precise and visceral. Williamson could not sound more in control, or less concerned about it. The effect is, well, enchanting as she breezes through tunes that pull you into the center of rich musical arrangements so unobtrusively that you’re sometimes not quite sure how you got there.
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May 18, 2020Williamson truly soars when her moving vocals combine with the vivid imagery that is painted through the lyrics.
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May 18, 2020It appears that Williamson is always fleeing from somewhere and yearns to live a life with no regrets with the time we have left. Sorceress is her personal but inspiring, magical journey to get to that point.
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May 18, 2020If the effort was primarily to put together a collection of a near dozen perfectly listenable songs, Sorceress surely succeeds in that. The out of synch interruption of a few earlier tracks only sticks out because of the near perfection of the album’s start and finish. If Williamson has an eye towards a fully formed work, Sorceress clearly shows that’s well within her reach.
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Jun 1, 2020Much as Williamson charts her psychic growth, Sorceress also musically waxes.
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May 19, 2020There are a couple of songs that feel a bit like half-sketched filler, means that Williamson’s fourth album may not come across many people’s radar. Yet for those who do chance upon it, there’s much to enjoy.
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May 18, 2020Sorceress is a mature and freeing record, one that celebrates meager triumphs of womanhood even as it mourns a loss of innocence.
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May 18, 2020Sorceress doesn't feel like a slam dunk triumph for Williamson, in part because it seems like she's still working out the balance between the various sides of her creative personality. But she sounds solid and assured even when she's swimming through the darkness, and her consistent strength as a writer and vocalist makes Sorceress well worth investigating.
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May 18, 2020Folk textures such as these can sometimes fail to stand out, but Williamson’s powerful vocals practically beg for attention. Either way, even if the idea of country influences doesn’t sound the most appealing, there’s something so alluring about Williamson’s serene tunes that it’s a worthwhile and lush listening experience.