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Mar 20, 2025In an era with too many posers and pretenders, Blood on the Silver Screen shines because it feels so genuine and fully realized.
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UncutMar 7, 2025Commits to the craft, shooting through stadium-sized choruses with mischievous humour. [Mar 2025, p.37]
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Mar 7, 2025Will SASAMI be challenging those at pop’s top table for their spots any time soon? Perhaps not, but this latest metamorphosis feels invigorating for both the genre, and the singer herself.
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Mar 11, 2025Early single “Slugger” proved to be the perfect introduction to this side of SASAMI, one that dresses up painful loneliness through a deceptively catchy chorus (while name-checking Dolly Parton in the process).
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Mar 14, 2025Ashworth’s sonic curiosity and her determination to create as varied a catalogue as possible are commendable. Ultimately, though, listening to Blood On the Silver Screen left me longing for the strangeness and singularity of SASAMI’s first two albums.
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Mar 10, 2025While it has fewer standout moments than Squeeze and self-titled debut SASAMI, there are still moments of beauty.
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Mar 7, 2025The album does well as a high-octane rock record, so much so it makes you wonder why some tracks feel ever so slightly diluted.
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Mar 17, 2025She commits to pop music’s campiness to convey the way love and heartache magnify even the most fleeting memories into heart-wrenching melodrama. It’s an interesting pivot, but much of the music feels too aimless to effectively deliver these intense emotions.
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Mar 7, 2025SASAMI can write the hell out of a love song, but something about this album's emotional side feels more generic than referential.
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Mar 7, 2025Most of Ashworth’s choruses linger on the ear no longer than a lost ladybird, and the deft Taylor Swift via Grimes-sounding production can’t conceal a dearth of durable material. But Slugger is surefooted, summery pop with a shock opening.
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Mar 7, 2025It's a shame that a majority of the album suffers from this cookie cutter sameness when at other times SASAMI can craft music that does have some personality and excitement. Just not enough to make Blood on the Silver Screen feel like anything other than a huge misstep.