Weather metaphors in song rarely feel as lived-in as they do here, where Jess Kerber transforms atmospheric turbulence into something genuinely cleansing.
The Nashville-based songwriter, whose Louisiana roots and Berklee education have shaped her distinctive approach to indie folk, crafts her shortest album track yet at just under three minutes—but packs it with the kind of spacious beauty that suggests endless horizons rather than confined spaces.
‘Tropical Storm’ captures that magical post-rain clarity where everything feels both washed clean and somehow more vibrant. Kerber’s fingerpicked guitar work sparkles with the same experimental tuning sensibilities that mark her influences from Joni Mitchell to Susan Tedeschi, whilst her vocals drift between intimate whispers and airy proclamations with remarkable ease. The track embodies the whimsical nature that defines much of ‘From Way Down Here’, balancing chamber folk delicacy with enough emotional weight to anchor its atmospheric wanderings. It’s the sound of someone who understands that sometimes the most profound transformations arrive not through dramatic upheaval, but through nature’s gentler recalibrations.
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