Singer and lead guitarist Sara Lew (DK/UK) has released a new album.
A delicate and, at the same time, powerful energy is the overall signature of the album, which is a result of the meeting between the life lived in recent years and the musical primordial power that characterizes the very special universe of the Danish indie artist.
The album represents Sara Lew's characteristic style, but at the same time has new delicate threads which move into the atmospheric, where bare acoustic guitar gives way to vocals and lyrics gaining strength in the recognizable scratches that crises and grief leave behind - and which you as the audience intuitively recognize. “LOUD” is Sara's musical exclamation mark after a period when life simply overshadowed the music in all its raw reality and is about the big themes that characterize the life lived.
She says, “I have found strength and new creative power in my experiences as an adult woman, having struggled through the last few years. The very special vulnerability, combined with almost primal power, I hope people feel in their souls, when they meet LOUD".
“LOUD” is about encounters with the past and with the unconscious taboos that Sara as an adult woman had to confront because, despite her powerlessness and grief, she insisted on being a role model for her children. And to take care of the love and care, which became her delicate light and strength, in the darkest moments; a light that gained warmth and flared up in a redemptive and playful approach to the creation of the album.
“Therefore, the ambition with LOUD is also that I now reach out, despite vulnerability, in the meeting with the audience in the very special community and in the unforgettable magical moments that live concerts contain between the stage and the hall.”, explains Sara.
The Album LOUD, singles and videos have had fine press coverage in Fame magazine, Wonderland Magazine, Spill Magazine, Alt for Damerne, GAFFA, side33, Seismograf, Good because Danish, V13-media, Vents Magazine, Amazing Radio, Louder than war a.o.
Alt for Damerne:
"Det er både smukt, melankolsk, hyggeligt og sørgmodigt. også lægger det op til eftertænksomhed. ... Det hele er tilsat Sara Lew's inderlige, rolige stemme der elegant favner både de dybe bløde toner og de høje af slagsen. Titelnummeret, 'LOUD', har en særlig skævhed, som går rent hjem hos mig".
Wonderland Magazine:
"...The video opens with a delicate instrumental arrangement, offering a haunting, cinematic glimpse into Sara Lew’s visionary artistry. As the visuals unfold, layers of resonant percussion, shimmering guitar strings, and gentle, melancholic piano notes meld with Sara’s rich vocal textures. Her vocal range is both expansive and nuanced, underscoring her deeply evocative, multifaceted approach to music..."
Spill Magazine:
"The album title just might be a bit deceiving, as Lew’s jazzy guitar overtones go some more atmospheric places, than it might suggest. Her classical and jazz musical background is all over the place here, but Lew puts them firmly in place of her dream-pop songs that range anywhere between Mazzy Star and mellower side of Björk. It is a heady combination that can easily go awry in the hands and voice of somebody that is not inventive or able enough to handle it, but Lew seems to have both inventiveness and ability to do so. Lew also handles both the arrangements and production here, and backed only by Anders Filipsen (keyboard/synth) and Jeppe Gram (drums), shows us that we are in a presence of an intriguing musical talent."
The last album "Sunday Morning" 2019, had good press coverage. and was played on DR-P6beat, Amazing radio a.o.
GAFFA DK Music magazine: "..Sangene og musikken er alle ekspressive,
enkelte endda ganske tunge og ildevarslende, under alle omstændigheder uafrystelige...
Sara Lew sprænger rammer, får bånd til at briste og lægger comfort zone behind. "
Undertoner.dk wrote: "Danske Sara Lew bygger arabesker og drømmende konstruktioner op på et album,
der veksler smukt mellem et æterisk svimlende og et mere skramlet rockende lydbillede."...
"Sara Lew har en forbistret smuk stemme, der gør sig vanvittigt godt på alle albummets otte skæringer,
som kommer omkring livet i al dets vælde, om familie, kærlighed og natur."
First Single “You Said”, had a fine Premier on CLASH Magazine: “A string of infectious, artful singles
have stamped out her pop identity, dreamy but affecting songwriting delivered with no small degree of style.
‘You Said’ is a beautiful return, matching interlocking guitar lines – think Galaxie 500, for example – with her half-sighed vocals.”
Accompanying release of Black Feathers 2016 Sara did a live recording for Daytrotter radio in London.
Live performance connecting to both album releases a.o.
Pumpehuset, Pumpehuset - Byhaven, Idealbar Vega, Gimle, Jazzhouse, Voxhall, Loppen, Spot Festival 2016 & 2019, Ringsted Kulturhus, Huset i Magstræde, Studenterhuset KBH, Koncertkirken Blågårdsplads, Harders Svendborg, samt deltagelse i en HUN SOLO tourne', Randers von Hatten, Huset Ålborg, Sønderborghus, Dexter Odense, Vanløse Kulturstation a.o.