Breymer

On October 18th, Minnesota born singer-songwriter Breymer, aka Sarah Walk (she/they), will release ‘When I Get Through’ with One Little Independent Records. The album is a strikingly honest exploration of their relationship with gender and identity, and specifically it tracks Walk’s experience undergoing top surgery, from making the decision to the process itself.

Breymer (she/they), the LA-based singer/songwriter formerly known as Sarah Walk, will release her new album When I Get Through on October 18 via One Little Independent Records. The album explores Sarah's relationship to gender identity and chronicles their experience with top surgery. It’s not a coincidence that this album is coming out in the midst of one of the most divisive times in our country’s history where trans rights and protections are under constant threat. 

Produced by GRAMMY-nominated producer Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Margaret Glaspy), When I Get Through uses fuzzy guitars, layered vocals and moody synths to chart Sarah's journey with the hopes that she can provide a sense of comfort for anyone who can relate. Oftentimes, they utilize repetition to an almost-hypnotic degree, like in most recent single “Medication,” a piano-driven reflection on prescription pill culture built around an echoing loop of Sarah singing, “Am I better now?”. Much of the record finds them posing questions like that one, specifically in first single “Wrong Path” which finds Sarah asking, “Am I on the wrong path here?” For my favorite song though, check out “Darkness,” a gentle track that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Lucy Dacus record.

KUTX was spot on when they said Sarah “can give the likes of Imogen Heap and Florence and the Machine a run for their money,” and I think this in-studio performance video of “Wrong Path” and “Darkness” really reinforces that. When I first saw it, it quite honestly stopped me in my tracks. Like the rest of the album, the instrumentation is lush and Sarah’s voice soars through the sonic landscape effortlessly. The new music follows last year’s one-off single “My Body” which was hailed as a “raw and liberating anthem” by Queerty, and Sarah’s appearance on the soundtrack for Apple TV’s The Buccaneers with Sharon Van Etten, Gracie Abrams and more produced by Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.