Review
From the very first beat, Through the Wall envelops you in smoke-hazed club lights and the steady pulse of freedom. Rochelle Jordan, now confidently situated at the intersection of house, garage, and alternative R&B, uses her third studio album to shatter barriers — both sonic and personal. With a sleek blend of mid-tempo grooves, velvet vocals, and nocturnal ambition, she crafts a record that feels like midnight in motion.
Across 17 tracks, Jordan refuses to settle for half-measures. Standouts like “Sweet Sensation” and “TTW” merge classic house frameworks with future-leaning flourishes, while pieces such as “Eyes Shut” and “Doing It Too” show her wrestling with identity, visibility, and the lure of escape. The production is crisp and clean yet thick with atmosphere; her voice glides, smolders, and commands, always tethered to emotion even when it’s filtered through echo and bass.
If Through the Wall has a flaw, it might be in how complete it is — the confidence is so polished that you almost miss the scratch of the unknown, the raw edge of experimentation. But maybe that’s precisely the point: Jordan isn’t breaking in new sounds—she’s breaking through old ones. This is the sound of an artist stepping fully into her power, and doing so on her own terms. - Nora