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Influenced by everything between The Cure and David Bowie to
Smashing Pumpkins and Tori Amos, Sabrina combines many of these
musical elements and melodies along with her honest lyrics to carve
her own way in the music industry.
The best thing about Sabrina's music is the sincerity of her lyrics
which deal with real life issues. Expect to see other reviews about
her in Meltdown Magazine, StarVox, Dark Entries and other magazines
as she has an appeal that may likely be of some interest to the
Gothic scene as well as the general rock environment.
Her music is more rock than anything but vocally she reminds me much
of a combination of singers like Chrissie Hynde, Tori Amos and maybe
even Sue Hutton when she's singing with her strictly rock voice
except that Sabrina isn't quite as smooth as the latter two and is
more on the level with Chrissie.
Songs like "Without A Trace" tend to have more of a Goth-Rock feel
to them in some aspects such as the grinding bass guitar but I don't
personally find Sabrina to be nearly as Gothic as some are
portraying her to be though I do see how some could come to such a
conclusion. It's probably mostly due to the overall style of
electric guitar playing used on much of the album and her
introspective lyrics.
There is definitely talent involved in her work and she does have a
very nice voice and a refreshing sincerity of musical approach that
I think could take her far in the industry but this will be a slow
climb. The type that lasting musicians begin when they start their
long musical journey. This will not be an instant success and will
only come if she is very persistent. It will also be an achievement
that may be overlooked by many but will be worth it in the end.
Of specific interest to RhythmUS Network is the track "Angels Cry"
which has a sort of Inkubus Sukkubus type of Gothic-Pagan feel to
it. Actually, musically a few songs have this overall sound to it,
like "Nowhere Girl", "Without A Trace", (big time), and "Euphoria".
She may likely be of specific interest to fans of Inkubus Sukkubus
due to these musical similarities, however there is also a few very
acoustic sounding tracks like "Find Another", which is very
fold-rock to me, and "Star", which is totally acoustic.
Sabrina is definitely a different bread of musician than what one
normally sees in the music scene, especially in pop music.
Unfortunately, these sincere musicians are usually overlooked by the
mainstream and the underground alike. Hopefully this will not
totally be the case with Sabrina as I think she has some valuable
work worth listening to.
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