Dark, reflective and ‘lush’ - Sarah Blasko gets personal

She is coming to Warwick Arts Centre this month as part of an international tour in which audiences will get to see her perform these personal tracks from the self-produced album, which features music by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.

Speaking to the Courier ahead of the show, she said: “I Awake is connected to As Day Follows Night [Sarah’s previous album] in the instrumentation - strings, brass, double bass, piano and drums at its core - but it pushes the elements further.

“This time there’s an orchestra and the scope is larger - there’s less space. It’s more of a lush affair. As Day Follows Night had a playfulness to it, whereas I Awake has a heaviness, a darkness.”

At the time of writing the songs, Sarah was living alone in Brighton - the first time she had ever lived away from Sydney.

She said: “The album chronicles a reflective, isolated time in my life - a very internal fight and struggle.”

Sarah Blasko is performing at Warwick Arts Centre on Tuesday November 28 at 7.45pm. Tickets £14.50. Call 024 7652 4524 or visit www.warwickartscentre.co.uk