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Sarah Blasko

Posted on August 3 2009

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Review: Sarah Blasko: As Day Follows Night

The third album from Sydney singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko creates an atmospheric world transporting the listener to another time and place. Expressing the different emotions felt through the stages of failed relationships and exploring the loneliness of solitude, As Day Follows Night is full of life lessons and self discovery wrapped up in 12 beautiful tracks. The music is complex, layers of pounding drums, delicate piano pieces, sweeping strings and haunting pipes, coupled with intelligent and exploratory lyrics make As Day Follows Night a delight to listen to. Lyrics such as ‘No one wants to be lonely, but what am I to do?’ in All I Want, and ‘I believe in miracles but a miracle you can’t control’ in Down on Love tells us Blasko has been hurt and is exploring her inner strength , coming out the other side wiser and more confidant.

Down on Love opens with a beautiful piano tinkling, conjuring up images of twinkling lights. The gentle oo-ing of Blasko’s haunting vocal creates an atmosphere that continues until the closing notes of the final track. First single All I Want has an old world feel about it and is revealingly honest: ‘All I want is to one day come to know myself’. Hold On my Heart’s pop sensibility makes the track stand out with its almost frantic piano scales, with Blasko’s poignant lyrics; ‘Can’t please somebody else until you learn to look after yourself.’ The underlying pounding drum and piano beat on No Turning Back commands attention while Is my baby yours? is a heart wrenching piece of music, the acoustic guitar the perfect partner to Blasko’s naked vocal. Over and Over is a delightful ditty with the use of Talking Heads lyrics fitting well. I Never Knew sums up the reflective nature of the album: both beautiful and hopeful.

Though her lyrics are laced with sadness, Blasko’s sound is often uplifting and throughout As Day Follows Night, there are glimmers of hope for those of us who often contemplate the future, alone or together.

Review by Alexandra Hartshorn

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Your most memorable Festival moment or experience?
Our stage manager once fixed things so that I could stand on a podium on the side of the stage and pretend to set my keyboards up while Roky Erickson played a packed tent at Hultsfred in Sweden. He’s very aloof and doesn’t like to have people too close while he plays, so I made myself small and was quiet as a mouse but it was such a treat to get to watch him that closely, he’s just great.

Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival?
Leonard Cohen’s performance at Coachella last year was about as magical as it gets.

What’s your ideal Festival line-up?
Us, PB&J, Jay-Z, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, The Essex Green, Cass McCombs, Joni Mitchell, The Brunettes, Magic Numbers, and Florence Foster Jenkins but she’s dead unfortunately. I can already see this wouldn’t fly with Jay-Z, but I’d settle for just one or two of the above.

What are your tips for attending Music Festivals?
Dress to avoid getting cold, wet or sunburned, and take off on your own. In my experience committing to meeting up with too many people always ends up ruining the whole damn thing.