hello :)
my album just got reviewed by amoeba music! i'm super excited and thought i'd share the article they wrote:
"Sarah June has put out her fantastic debut album This Is My Letter to the World. Her real name is Sarah Weathers. She is originally from Detroit but now lives in San Francisco. Maybe that is why I like this album so much-- it makes me think of rainy sad days in San Francisco. Maybe she is the female version of Mark Kozelek that I have been looking for all these years. It makes me miss the city. The little indie label Hand/Eye is putting out this new album. I have not really paid much attention to this label over the years so I had not expected much when I put on this album yesterday, but I quickly fell in love. The album is sort of gothic folk-- dark and depressing and intense and folky. Joanna Newsom fans will probably like this album...although, I am not really a Joanna Newsom fan myself. It just sort of fits into that same genre. And like Joanna, she has a very unique and weird voice, but for some reason I just like Sarah June better. The album also reminds me of Bat For Lashes. She has one of those haunting voices. The album actually reminds me of The Cranes or maybe Mazzy Star. The Cranes were a sort of gothy dream pop band in the 90s. I fell in love with them as well. The music was dark but the vocalist had this angelic childlike voice. Sarah June has this same thing going on, so let me rename the genre dark dream pop folk. I have only had the album in my possession for 2 days now but I have already listened to it a bunch of times. She also does a couple covers on the album. "I Can't Help Falling In Love" and "When Doves Cry." I obviously love the original Prince version of "When Doves Cry," but she totally reinterprets the song and makes it her own. I love it. "Charlotte" is one of my other favorite songs on the album. I can't get these songs out of my head. I already know that this album will continue to haunt me for the years to come. There is no going back now. I am now part of the Sarah June fanclub. And I am so glad that I found her."
click here to read the full article!
xxo,
sarah june