just calling to tell you i’m ok (Vinyl)
There are some albums that hit you immediately like a sucker punch, knocking the air out of you. There are others that take their time to unfurl, slowly and gently revealing its secrets to the listener. And then there are the very rare albums that manage to do both of those things – like Eliott’s tender and powerful debut album just calling to tell you I’m okay.
The 12-track LP is an arresting statement of arrival from the 26-year-old, who’s been steadily and surely cutting her teeth in the Australian music scene since her debut single ‘Figure It Out’ in 2017. In the few short years since, she’s built up an enviable CV: tours supporting the likes of Chris Lanzon and Matt Corby, collaborations with Lucy Blomkamp (FKA LUCIANBLOMKAMP), The Kite String Tangle, acclaimed single releases like ‘Circles’, ‘Home’, and her 2018 debut EP Bold Enough, which introduced her to the world in spectacular fashion.
Bold Enough cemented Eliott’s reputation as one of Australia’s most skilled and sophisticated songwriters. It’s an artform she’s been drawn to since her earliest years in Cobram, Victoria, when she became obsessed with artists like Missy Higgins, Tim and Neil Finn, and the great Joni Mitchell – artists that can distill entire lives into their words. Higgins’ The Sound of White was particularly influential; she learned to harmonise while singing along in the car with her mum on the long drives to Melbourne.
On just calling to tell you I’m okay, Eliott’s prodigious talent is on full display. At times explosive, at times searingly introspective, the album is a compelling journey of fracturing relationships, self-discovery, and gentle, hopeful rebirth. As Eliott tells it, it’s almost a conversation she’s having with herself.
