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On Squeeze, Sasami Creates Music for High-Fashion Tantrums
In February 2020, Sasami Ashworth packed her acoustic guitar and headed to a songwriter’s retreat in Washington state. The classically-trained musician thought she would return with Joni Mitchell-esque material. The night before the retreat, however, Ashworth found herself in a Los Angeles dive bar where sludge metal band Barishi was performing. As the cymbals and double-kick drum bounced off the venue walls, she was inspired by the band’s energy and aggressive volume. A folk follow-up would have to wait. “I didn’t realize, until I was at that show, that metal might be the certain brand of rock that can convey what I’m trying to achieve,” Ashworth tells SPIN over the phone. When Ashworth arrived at the retreat the next day, she was already writing what would become “Need it to Work.” The s...
Listen to Sasami’s Rockin’ Serenade ‘Call Me Home’
Sasami has a new album on the way titled Squeeze. Today, she revealed its latest track, “Call Me Home.” [embedded content][embedded content] “‘Call Me Home’ is dedicated to anyone who has blown up their life just to remember what it’s like to feel something,” Sasami said in a statement. “It’s about the darkness of feeling nothing and the creeping ache of apathy that can swallow you whole if you let it. It’s about skipping town, driving all night and knowing you’ll always have a home to come back to.” In addition to the release of “Call Me Home,” Sasami also detailed her spring headlining tour which includes supporting dates for Haim in the U.S. and Mitski in the EU. Sasami’s own tour kicks off in early March at The Stone Church in Brattleboro, Vermont, and concludes in mid-April at th...
