Album A Finer Dawn
After a bold first solo EP Sarah is back to devastate us again…
A FINER DAWN/Sarah Dawn Finer 
Sarah Dawn Finer’s first full-length album A Finer Dawn is a welcome direction that reaps breathtaking results. After years of hiding in the shadows it seems Sarah is finally ready to be noticed – and that armed with some infectious, charmingly sung hooks and lascivious lyrics!
Sarah has over the years gained a huge and devoted following - this despite being Sweden’s best kept secret talent for over a decade! Fortunately for us all Sarah is now confident she’s got a good thing going and Thank God she is not hesitant about showing it;
On A Finer Dawn Sarah presents a striking blend of modern musical styles and classic roots - without compromise or loosened stream. This is an intelligent projection with a mature vision.
Portrayal of actual real life and purity is intimately expressed by Sarah – again with melancholy as prominent definition and influence.
And taste. Always portrayed by the remarkable taste of an artist that strives to find just the right level of song craft and emotional resonance to her work.
The songs are Sarah’s most personal and alluring to date - a recipe of intangible vocal quality, painful lyrics, slick arrangements, haunting melodies and beautiful textures. All elements pulling together to construct dreamy soundscapes and provoke the most heartfelt of emotions.
- Although there is a high level of consistency throughout this album with each track as engaging as the next, it does have its highlights;
The most outstanding track is the spine-chilling “You were meant for me” with lyrics so painfully sensous that has Sarah’s moving vocal soul engaged in all possible godliness….
Throughout A Finer Dawn Sarah’s exceptionally grand voice turns many corners. Mostly softly reassuring and comforting, making each composition eventful and so very intriguing.
“It feels so good” is a tasty tidbit of uplifting calibre to really sweeten the deal - play this loud on headphones and the distortion will blast your ears off!
The album fittingly ends in style with “Stay” and “Home” – that this time over emerges in a whole new inspiring dimension upon this new breath of Dawn…
An absolute treat.
- Sarah Dawn Finer is a woman who wears her heart on her sleeve. Her powerful vocals and moving songwriting is a memorable joy to behold. The ability to engage even a profile listener in such a vivid way is hugely admirable.
A Finer Dawn brings us a story worth telling and a music worth listening.
One that should not be missed!
/C.Björklund June ©2007
Sarah Dawn Finer EP
It sure is hard to call Sarah’s EP a stumble....
- It’s more of a DELIGHT really...
- It is the sunny flip side of a masterpiece, a skillful synthesis of classic rock, soul and modern sensibilities, performed with such conviction you cannot help but listen close.
- It is the work of an artist who is assured and comfortable. Meaning that Sarah is not afraid to play straight-ahead music or to delve deep into her soul.
Even at its happiest, there is an undercurrent of melancholy and weariness - this is an album designed for the sunkissed open road of spring and summer. But even when Sarah's singing about heartache, there is an assured sense of purpose, even a swagger, to this album that shines through.
- Yet it doesn't just work a mood - it portrays Sarah’s sovereign skills at a peak!
Sarah not only crafts songs impeccably, she knows how to record them, filling her music with interesting sonic details, and sure enough; it’s pretty darn irresistable…!
This is Sarah Dawn Finer at her best, delivering music that is firmly rooted in the past, yet recorded and performed with a modern feel.
Sarah’s quivering husky voice about her torment is so potent, highlighting her sensibility for true raw emotion. She delivers nothing less than all it takes.
And on the nostalgic track "Home" you can sense she is gaining some footing on life and begin to pick herself up again, heart-felt lyrics that hit the spot right through to the truth.
Sarah is not alone in her plight through anger, confusion, yearnings for forgiveness, acceptance, and the process of starting over. She reveals the depth of her pain on the track "Stay".
- Like love, this album simply leaves that infamously ambiguous mystery lingering in the air; Why do people pay so much for love?
It is Sarah’s unbridled honesty that drives this album right into your gut.
Just so much deeper than we all expected.....
/C.Björklund September ©2006
