SASAMI has announced a new album, ‘Blood On the Silver Screen’

SASAMI has announced her new album ‘Blood On the Silver Screen’.

The full-length sees her embracing “the craft of pop songwriting” and “leaning into the chaos of romance and sweeping devotion”. She’s also shared lead single ‘Slugger’, which has been released alongside a video directed by Crystalline Structures Studio.

“I wanted to be more playful and communicate more with pop culture,” she explains. “When I listen to music, I think about how I feel, how I want to feel, how I want to move to it. And that’s what’s special about music – how it connects to culture, how it connects to different styles of music, how it connects to the timbre of the voice of the person singing it.”

She continues: “I was always a weirdo outsider and I didn’t feel like pop music spoke to me. Being a woman of colour, I’ve always felt this pressure or need to make something that’s mysterious or innovative, and always shied away from lightheartedness.

“I wanted to go all out with this album. I wanted to, in my tenderness and emotionality, have the bravery to undertake something as epic as making a pop record about love. I hope it makes people feel empowered and embodied, too. It’s important to not box yourself in.” 

The album also features a collab with Clairo on the track ‘In Love With A Memory’. The full tracklisting reads:

1. Slugger
2. Just Be Friends
3. I’ll Be Gone
4. Love Makes You Do Crazy Things
5. In Love With A Memory (Feat. Clairo)
6. Possessed 
7. Figure it Out
8. For The Weekend
9. Honeycrash
10. Smoke (Banished from Eden)
11. Nothing But A Sad Face On 
12. Lose It All
13. The Seed

The dates for SASAMI’s upcoming tour are as follows:

OCTOBER
22 Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
23 Le Pop-Up Du Label, Paris, France
26 London Calling, Amsterdam, Netherlands
29 The Lower Third, London, UK
30 Yes, Manchester, UK

NOVEMBER
6 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL
7 The King of Clubs, Columbus, OH
8 Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
9 The Eastern, Detroit, MI
10 The Opera House, Toronto, ON
12 Theatre Fairmount, Montreal, QC
14 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
15 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
16 Webster Hall, New York, NY
17 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
18 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
20 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
22 Warehouse Live Midtown, Houston, TX
23 Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX
24 Cine El Rey, McAllen, TX