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In modern pop, Sarah Blasko is a rare beast. On the one hand, she is a fiercely-independent free spirit whose haunting music critics have run out of superlatives to describe. On the other, the 33 year old Australian is a multi-platinum selling star whose mantelpiece houses an ever increasing array of awards and who performed at the closing ceremony of Sydney’s Commonwealth Games.
Europe's introduction to Blasko is long overdue, with the release on indie label Dramatico of her ARIA Award-winning, third album, As Day Follows Night. Produced by Björn Yttling (from Peter, Bjorn and John) and recorded in a Swedish studio once frequented by Abba, As Day Follows Night is an elegant, intelligent collection of quirky, captivating pop songs of heartbreak and hope. There are elements of folk and jazz in the album's bold but sparse instrumentation, though don’t be fooled that this is a regular singer/songwriter record. There are also references to Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone and Talking Heads that belie the aching sadness of the lyrics, peculiar percussion and adventurous arrangements. However, most striking of all are Blasko's bewitching vocals, at once intimate and otherworldly.
Sydney-born Blasko first found her voice singing with her mother in Pentecostal church and had a brief spell fronting bands whilst studying for a degree in English literature. Her real career began when she struck out solo in 2002. An early EP release was followed by 2004's platinum-selling, debut album, The Overture & the Underscore and 2007's nautically-themed, ARIA Award-winning successor, What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have.
Recently voted Album Of The Year by Triple J, Australia's biggest national radio network, and nominated for a mighty five ARIAs (Blasko picked up Best Female), As Day Follows Night is already Blasko's biggest seller. Written over several months in 2007 while she was simultaneously composing the score for the Bell Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet-–in which she also performed-–it is her most lyrically direct, musically simple and emotionally affecting album to date.
The album's intriguing adventure takes in highlights as diverse as the spaghetti-western strains of single "All I Want", the joyous pop of "Hold On My Heart" and the prickly, leftfield folk of "Over & Over". There’s also the spooky, bluesy shudder of "Lost & Defeated", and its tribute to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the double bass-drive of "Bird On A Wire", sizzling, old-school jazz club vibes and the album's dreamy, debut single, "We Won't Run".
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Sarah Blasko,
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This review is from: As Day Follows Night (Digipak) (Audio CD)
If it hadn't been for her exposure on Internet radio (Dig Music,Oz), I may have never loved Sarah Blasko. Her pure gentle voice is exceptional. This talented artist has me captivated by her audible beauty. This, her third album, has been critically acclaimed in Australia and I'm delighted to see it released in the UK. Take a listen to this creative singer-songwriter. Maybe your ears will fall in love with her music like mine did.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good album,
By Benjamonk (Devon, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: As Day Follows Night (Digipak) (Audio CD)
In my opinion, the most consistent Blasko album yet. I really like the old style production, which really suits the songs. I would recommend this to anyone.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Australia's finest export,
This review is from: As Day Follows Night (Digipak) (Audio CD)
Sarah Blasko has built up a huge and devoted following in Australia, and she did it the old-fashioned way: great song-writing, wonderful records and an untiring campaign of tours and festivals. This is her third album, and the first to be given a proper release in the UK. 'As Day Follows Night' has a timeless quality: recorded in a snowbound Stockholm studio with Bjorn Yttling (Lykke Li, Camera Obscura) as producer, the album has no electric guitars or synths. The songs are simple and direct, and together they form a coherent reflection on heartbreak and hope. Over a wonderful, shifting pattern of flamboyant piano, jazzy stand-up bass, strings and the occasional musical saw, Sarah Blasko gives us her best vocal performance yet; and it is the voice - its purity, its power, its pathos - that will haunt you.
Like a previous reviewer, I found Sarah Blasko's music by chance on the internet; with the launch of this album, the radio play that Sarah is now starting to get (Save 6Music!), and her forthcoming UK tour, it's looks like she will be making a lot of fans over here as well.
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