Sarah Jaffe is an outstanding 22 year old from Texas. Her music is lingering and leaves you deeply affected. Jaffe manages to create unique material that hosts her distinctive vocal ability brilliantly.
She recently made a little escapade to Wireless Festival, and in between the rain and an Emma Watson sighting, Sarah played a wonderful set.
Personally, what most struck me about Sarah was how human she seems. The songs incorporate alot of mixed emotion and differ immensely in some cases, some drift along beautifully and there are others that bear their teeth and pound the pavement 'til it breaks.
Her debut EP Even Born Again has just been released through Summer Break, receiving praise from many a listener, which isn't suprising.
The title track to the EP, Even Born Again progresses with a determined air that powers through the instruments and forces the listener into thinking of better times ahead, as if your conciousness and outlook on life is indeed being "born again".
Second track, Black Hoax Lie is a slow, heartbreaking song, with lyrics that I'm sure anyone could relate to, "Wherever you left me/That's where my heart still lies". However, it's a song that has a hint of hope to it "When you're on your way to the bottom/At least you know where you're going", which is an all too true truth in my opinion.
One of Sarah's most defensive songs Under also features as track numero four. It fires up, all strings blazing, as Jaffe sings "Ain't nobody's girl/Ain't nobody's man", and eventually picks up the tumbling plucks of violin strings with a no nonsense atmosphere. Boys, watch out...
You can buy the EP from here.
And listen to Under here.
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