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Jordan Ward’s ‘Backward’ is Sure-Footed Soul Music
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Rolling Stone
In a simpler era a high-end R&B guy like Jordan Ward would just be a smooth operator.
“I feel like a stranger in my own life,” he sings at the opening of his second LP, undercutting florid acoustic guitar and flute with dire ambivalence.
As on his 2023 debut, Forward, Ward often populates his high-end, low-lit tracks.
“Ross Fit” subtly bumps and burbles while Jordan uses a recent running injury as a metaphor for life moving too fast.
Ward may not have life figured out, but he’s too sure-footed an artist to get slowed down.