Sarah Blasko Releases 'I Awake' In The UK

Sarah Blasko – I Awake – UK release April 8th 2013

I wanted to go all the way with this record -

it seemed right.

I spent the first half of 2011 in a house in Brighton in England alone

with my thoughts & memories.

Haunted

& unsettled.

Out of that, I believe, came a strength.

The decision to simply give it all.

This was for me,

this was for my family.

At times I thought this record would kill me.

Honestly,

it was a behemoth!

There were moments I felt I would sink beneath it.

But that's the kind of thing you choose -

I chose to produce it myself.

I chose an orchestra.

An avalanche of sound,

soaring & shrieking,

simple & striking

to send you tumbling.

I do hope it makes you feel something.

I recorded & mixed most of this album in Stockholm, Sweden.

I then went on to record with the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.

(I have ancestry there on my father's side,

which attracted me to the idea).

The orchestral arrangements were written by my good friend Nicholas Wales.

Here it is, 'I Awake'!

Sarah

Sarah Blasko

‘I Awake’ is Sarah's fourth studio album. ‘I Awake’ was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden with ‘As Day Follows Night’ engineer and mixer, Lasse Mårtén. Further recording then commenced in Sofia, Bulgaria with the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
The album also features the talents of:

David Symes - bass

Fredrik Rundqvist - drums

Thomas Tjärnkvist - piano

John Eriksson - percussion

Fredrik Kinbom - electric guitar & ukelele

Stina Hellberg – harp

Sarah also played ukulele & piano

All three of her previous albums - ‘The Overture & the Underscore’, ‘What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have’ and ‘As Day Follows Night’ - have far exceeded Platinum sales.
Sarah wrote the score for Bell Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 2008.
Sarah has won two ARIAs for Best Female and Best Pop Album and also triple j’s J Award for Australian Album of the Year. She has been nominated for a further 14 ARIAs (including two for Album of The Year) and been shortlisted for two Australian Music Prizes and another J Award.

“One of Australia’s finest talents” – Daily Telegraph

“One of the many things I like about Sarah Blasko is her attention to detail; it means anything she does, be it on record, her artwork and videos, or her shows, is guaranteed to be of high interest.” – Robert Forster told J mag

“Some writers will lead you back to yourself with their words and their music but Sarah’s music has always taken me right outside my own life and into a kind of romantic, imagined existence.” – Josh Pyke told Sydney Morning Herald

“Sarah Blasko makes albums that condense her world view and emotional outlook into an illustrative and immersive song cycle; track by track she dictates her own reality.”

- Craig Mathieson, Sydney Morning Herald

“In a sea of indie pop artists, Sarah Blasko has always managed to swim against the current.” – Andrea Beattie, MX Magazine

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SARAH BLASKO BRINGS ‘I AWAKE’ TO LIFE

The captivating Sarah Blasko announces a European tour in April 2013

in support of her new album ‘I Awake’ (released April 8th).

www.sarahblasko.com

Brilliant, bold, unpolluted and enthralling are just some of the adjectives used to describe Sarah Blasko’s fourth studio album ‘I Awake’ on its release in her native Australia. Self-produced and recorded in Stockholm and in Sofia, with the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, ‘I Awake’ is intense, intimate, unsettling and beautiful and sees Sarah continuing to push her creative boundaries. As ‘fragile as a nervous breakdown’ yet, with its startling honesty and willingness to plumb the deepest thought and the darkest shadow, the record reveals the mettle and spirit of an indomitable artist.

Touring ‘I Awake’ will take audiences on a tumbling and soaring journey. Joined by her band and a string section Sarah will also perform songs from her previous repertoire including 2010’s ‘As Day Follows Night’ which received critical acclaim in Britain from a broad range of media including Q, Mojo, Uncut, Vogue, Grazia and The Independent.

‘I Awake’ European Tour: April 2013

09 Istanbul – Babylon

10 Istanbul – Babylon

11 London – Barbican

12 Brussels – AB Club

13 Antwerp – De Roma

14 Amsterdam – Paradiso

16 Paris – Cafe La Danse

17 Cologne – Stadtgarten

18 Hamburg – Stage club

19 Berlin – Franz Club

20 Stuttgart – Bix Club