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Albertine Sarges
Albertine Sarges
[ she/her ]
city: Berlincountry: Germany
genre: Indie
styles: Acoustic Pop, Singer-Songwriter
Next Release
via Moshi Moshi Records
Hold On
Single
Reviews and Comments
On new EP Family Of Things, Albertine Sarges - the Berlin-based multi-hyphenate creative talent - plumbs new depths of unadorned and often self-confessional emotion. Don’t assume that these are necessarily gloomy or unpleasant responses, rather we are presented with realistic feelings and ideas that are rarely put into words and music.
Such is the emotional immediacy on show that Sarges seems to reach across the divide between musician and listener, either through a confessional lyric like “I wear clothes like a granny”, or the interaction with collaborators who play key roles on the album such as singer Anna B Savage, poet Amanda Monti, and flautist Lisa Baeyens. ‘Hold On’, though ostensibly about nicotine addiction, could be applied to any type of crutch - drugs, booze, sex, work, relationships, expensive pastries. Likewise, on ‘Birds Life’ she sings “I always do the same things wrong”. These oh-so-relatable concerns are why the EP seems to stretch its arms outwards, reaching for understanding. Perhaps the best example of this is the lyric “the best slurp is love”: neither we or Sarges may be able to give a 100% accurate description of what it means (she says “I don’t know if that is even proper English”), but we have a hazy understanding, a sense, a vibe of this charmingly messy little phrase. Such is Sarges’ talent that we’re taken along with the general thrust of this notion, and indeed the EP itself. To use a modern phrase, we feel seen.
latest releases
Single
Blue Lagoon
out on October 23, 2024
via Moshi Moshi Records
Single
Als ich rief nach dir
out on June 28, 2024
via Krokant
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Friendship
out on May 22, 2024
via Moshi Moshi Records
Single
Free Today (Piano Version)
out on March 28, 2024
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EP
Family of Things
out on November 25, 2022
via Moshi Moshi Records
Single
Deep Well
out on October 05, 2022
via Moshi Moshi Records
