Sasha Sloan

One Liner: Sad electronic indie you can relate to. 

Wikipedia Genre: Rock, pop (I call BS on the rock one).
Home: Boston

Poster Position: 24
Day: Friday at 2:45
Weekend Two Only.

Thoughts:  I've thought of loads of comparisons at times while listening to these songs.  Tove Lo.  Lana Del Rey.  Justin Beiber.  None are really things I want to hear.  I can't search for this up here at work, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I feel like this is a pornstar's name.

The entirety of her Wikipedia entry is: "Sasha Sloan is an American singer-songwriter."  Oh man, thanks for the in depth insight!!!  She's been the generic female voice for songs from Kygo, Odesza, and Kaskade (all of whom are indistinguishably similar electronic artists).  One EP, named sad girl, which definitely piles on the melancholy style to live up to its title.  No full albums.  The top track from that EP is "Normal," with 15.9 million streams.

Lyrically, solid.  Really puts you in the shoes, that I would guess everyone has been in, of someone who just wants to be liked and feel normal for just a little bit (even if they know it won't last).  Very relateable, and real.  Who hasn't done that?  You go out to the shitty bar in college and sing along to a garbage song you don't actually like (Brooks & Dunn, anyone?) and dance with people you don't want to, just to get along with the group and believe you are having fun.  Brutal.  Thanks for bringing that wreckage back up to the surface, Sasha!  Still don't much care for the song, its just a forgettable beat under those good lyrics.  But she keeps it real with making sad stuff - her twitter and insta handles are both sadgirlsloan.

She has a couple other songs in the 13 to 14 million stream range, as well as a cover of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (with two other ladies who I don't recognize), but most of her songs are in the low seven figures for streams.  Her first single, which came out in 2017 and then was included on her EP, is called "Ready Yet," and has 14.3 million streams (and a San Holo remix).

More well-written, but depressing lyrics, with a pretty voice and forgettable tunes.  Feels like something I would really enjoy and engage with if it was accompanied by acoustic guitars or, like mandolin, or something, but it just doesn't work for me over slow dance beats.  Turn this into Sasha Unplugged at the Cactus, and I bet I'd be crying along to each song.  But I won't go see her at the Fest.