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Follow on Google News | Singer Aria Sappho releases awaited debut album 'Protagonist'By: MondoTunes Aria Sappho (often stylized as aRia sappHo) cites as main artistic influences Sohn, Fever Ray, Imogen Heap, and Susanne Sundfør. Her own sound takes cues from the electronica genre of music to which these belong more than it emulates any one of them in a particular way. Sappho's overall sonic texture glows with a hue that is purely hers. This individualistic quality is palpable, easily noted even in the record's cover art, so much so that similarities between her “Protagonist” Sappho's emphasis on the unique seems not so much a conscious effort on the part of the artist as it does a direct effect of the album's deeply personal nature. Since it reflects Sappho, herself, rather than attempts to approximate a particular mood, it cannot help but be radically distinctive. “What inspired my songs is something I only share with people face-to-face,” By the same token, Aria Sappho doesn't manipulate music to a mold she has in mind. She records her feelings as they come to her and pens her lyrics in such a way as to convey the truth without tipping her hand. She writes of this: “I don't write music for the sake of writing music, I do it because it's the only way I feel that I can express myself freely. I use music as a way of expressing my emotions (something I'm not at all good at in 'real life'). If you knew what I'm actually talking about in my songs, it gets way too personal, so the lyrics can always be interpreted in more than one way.” While Sappho admits that her “Protagonist” “Protagonist” -S. McCauley Lead Press Release Writer www.MondoTunes.com Website - www.ariasappho.com End
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