Though distant from our current fall bliss, local band Babe Corner’s first single off their debut album Crybaby, entitled “Summer Slaughter,” recounts the awfully familiar feeling of the end-of-summer comedown. The breezy tune is paradoxically a song about grief; one that was inspired by the passing of a band member’s family member in August.
Read MoreYou're sitting in a café–let’s say Liberty on Main. You dressed hot for someone to tell you tastefully, “You look cool.” You brought a book you intend to read but don’t. Instead, you're listening to the same old tunes you keep repeating until you physically can't listen to them anymore. You crave something new, nostalgic, yet totally original with members you can relate to. You scroll until you reach a band that captures your attention. A two-member duo that, like you, is going through some changes, a reinvention in their sound and lyrics. That band is AC-PDF.
Read MoreWhen TRS turns on her camera, the glow of her sunset lamp lights up her face and arches across the walls behind her. It’s fitting for the warmth she exudes. She takes her time, answering each question with care and softly smiling or leaning forward with laughter; her energy is simultaneously grounding and uplifting, approachable and charming.
TRS’ music and songwriting are introspective and soulful. Her recent single, “Fallin’,” invites listeners into her personal reflection, as she recognizes her cycle of rushing into love, instead of taking time with herself. Listeners are immediately transported by the track’s sample to the sensation of slowly moving downwards, underwater, leading us to TRS’ silky vocals and into her world.
In “Fallin’,” TRS begins to recognize the ways she’s holding herself back from healing, but the work that follows is gradual and nonlinear. Her verses are accompanied by a piano part that attracts listeners into a separate realm–the bliss of being in love–and at other times, in moments of clarity and realisation, there is only the underlying drums and bass. Produced by FiveGawd, “Fallin’” is the second track of TRS’ upcoming EP “Respectfully,” which answers what comes after awareness: challenges, but also healing through oneself and one’s community.
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AMBROSIA BY ANDRE BARNWELL
Featured artist of the month Andre Barnwell creates mesmerizing figures in bright colours that intimately meld together, transmitting sensual energy and connection. In Barnwell's interview with SAD web editor Hannah Seraphim he shared that he finds R&B music really influential to his experimental art approach.
“Time and time again, I will be listening to R&B music, and they’ll be talking about sex. They’ll be talking about that with regards to flowers or even animals, and just things that are primal in nature.” - Andre Barnwell
This month's playlist is oozing sensual beats. It got rhythm, blues, smooth jazz, and mood lighting. Barnwell's illustration, Ambrosia, inspired this comforting mix that will help release some tension. Light a scented candle, lean back, and relax.
BLACK RIDER BY JESS STANLEY
Featured artist of the Month Jess Stanley is an illustrator, painter, and animator who explores making art “accessible and approachable”. With only a pen or pencil and a piece of paper, Stanley creates eye-capturing illustrations heavily influenced by fantasy, sci-fi, and folklore motifs.
The inspiration for this month's playlist is just that – fantasy, sci-fi, folklore, and Stanley's illustration Black Rider. This playlist is the perfect companion for a lovely walk, for a reading adventure, or if you find yourself on a quest across Middle Earth. Enjoy!
The inspiration for this month's playlist is “multisensory”: seeing, hearing, tasting, and touching. Within Horvath's photography, you can see the detailed layering with fabric, colours, textures, and light creating mesmerizing scenes. This playlist is an attempt to capture all these exquisite layers. 1We suggest closing your eyes and letting the beat guide you from this point.
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To showcase the musical menageries that accompany all kinds of folks partaking in all kinds of strokes, we present So SAD So Sexy: a reader-sourced, SAD Mag playlist for doin’ the deed. Check it out on SAD Mag’s Spotify, and get it on!
“In the past three or four years, talking to Buffy Sainte-Marie and really digging very intensely into her discography and songbook has led me to just letting that be a sort of invitation—not for me in particular, but an invitation to think about my place in all of it.”
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