"Much like Formation, this record is often dusted lightly with melancholy, but the overall feel is far more positive, the atmosphere less claustrophobic ... All in all, Preservation is a fine record that finds this young artist really hitting her stride"

"Eighteen months on from Nadia Reid's 2015 debut, Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs, the 25-year-old New Zealander has delicately but decidedly upped the ante. Her ethereal, pensive vocals are cast against plangent folk-guitar shapes, but there is more dirt under her nails. The songs deal with empowerment through determination in the aftermath of love and loss, often in no uncertain terms"