Twenty-three, working full time in child care for KU, living in Sydney's North West and feeling right at home.
Born in November; Raised on her dad's record player and a CD player that she won at 11 through a [Retravision] colouring in competition. Loves: cellos, electric guitars, and pianos. Admires: Chopin, Paul Dempsey, Camille, Ella Fitzgerald, Regina Spektor, Edith Piaf, The Lucksmiths, Led Zeppelin, and Woody Herman.
I sing all the time. Music is my language... I'm always looking to expand my vocabulary. This blog is an outlet for my musical chatter.
Sarah Blasko's new album (As Day Follows Night) is beautiful. The opening track "Down On Love" is haunting. It opens with a gentle piano and her tender voice singing 'lately you've been down on love, crying out to the man above / i believe in miracles, but a miracle you can't control'. It has a minor tone and reminds me a little of the Phantom of the Opera and the winter scenes and the sad music box. I wish I could show it to you, but you'll have to buy it. It's worth it. It's like a flurry of chill snow, blowing you along and into an ice palace with crystaline statues and delicate-looking furniture, staircases and window cills made also of ice. That's how I see it anyway.
The second track is this one:
Sarah Blasko - All I Want
No-one wants to be lonely But what am I to do? I'm just trying to be honest I don't want to hurt you too When I'll be there, I'll be there I know I sound confused
But all I want All I want All I want All I want All I want See, all I want All I want Is to one day come to know myself
The words are hard hitting and real. I love it as much as it cuts into me. Her voice reminds me of Emiliana Torrini's "Fisherman's Woman".
It really does sound like Emiliana! So weird. I wouldn't have expected that of Sarah Blasko...
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