SASAMI has shared all-new sizzler ‘Just Be Friends’.
The songwriter is currently out on tour, traveling across the United States in the company of Destroy Boys. Testing out new material onstage, her third album ‘Blood On The Silver Screen’ is released through Domino on March 7th.
New preview ‘Just Be Friends’ displays SASAMI at her most exuberant, melting together a vocal of pure longing with the subtle melancholy of country music, say.
In a note, SASAMI name-checks the modern wave of country as an influence, alongside – pleasingly – London types Squeeze. Songwriting with a narrative, she dubs it “sad and horny” and that’s a pretty apt descriptor.
SASAMI comments…
‘Just Be Friends’ feels like a really grown up continuation of themes/moods from my first two albums. I returned to some of the stream of consciousness, emotional lyrical writing style of my first album and kept riding the country wave that was in the fabric of Squeeze but with a bit more modern country influence.
I love how country songs often tell a story. Longing, lingering, loneliness and lust. When I play this one live, I always dedicate it to anyone ‘sad and horny’ in the crowd… if that means anything.
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Miriam Marlene
