Sarah Kinsley makes her long-anticipated debut with "Escaper," an album that combines classical precision and dreamlike storytelling to breathtaking effect. The 12-track record, released today via Label Name, cements Kinsley as one of the most creative and emotionally charged artists of her generation.
Through "Escaper," Kinsley transcends realms, offering a body of work that is expansive yet personal. A classically trained musician with an avant-garde flair, she turns her relationship to the piano into a dynamic force that thrums with angular pop sensibilities as much as with weighty, emotional determination. This is music that dances between light and shadow, where bittersweet ecstasy runs headlong into raw vulnerability.
From the shimmering expansiveness of "Glint," which uses layered instrumentation to find a world just out of reach, to the introspective, soul-searching "Matter," Kinsley assembles songs that hold space for curiosity, grief, love, and transformation. Each track is a gateway, an invitation into a world where time folds in on itself, and emotion is stretched into something you can almost feel.
"Music is that one place where I feel free," Kinsley says. "Escaper is pushing the boundaries of the known, finding the magic in the in-between. "Escaper is an album that lasts 40 minutes and 30 seconds, is a melodic fever state, and is a love letter to sound's unbounded possibilities.