Sacha Sacket-vocals/keyboard
Jennifer Trani-guitar
Anna Maria Rosales-bass/vocals
Alexa Brinkshulte-drums
Influences
Walt Whitman, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and John Steinbeck.
Sounds Like
Just a taste of what I like in very random order: Bjork, Coldplay, Tori Amos, Radiohead, Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, Squarepusher, DJ Shadow, Rage Against the Machine, Sinatra, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Belle and Sebastian, David Bowie, Sarah McLachlan, U2, Nick Drake, Travis, Velvet Underground, Dashboard Confessionals, Sonic Youth, Beck, Postal Service, Catpower, Chevelle, Ani Difranco, Rufus Wainwright, Incubus, and much much more.
Alternative driven singer-songwriter Sacha Sacket is poised to redefine his genre both onstage and on the airwaves with a powerful new album released in Fall 2007 on Golden Sphinx Records. Lovers & Leaders is Sacket’s third album, with a strong pop current underscoring themes of surrender and acceptance. With an MTV-ready music video for his first single “Judy,” an aggressive national viral marketing campaign in place, and a talented all-female backing band; Sacket’s career is set to reach an entirely new level of notoriety and respect.
“Although it’s a love album, the theme is really more about my battle not to succumb to it,” says Sacket. “ I guess I equated love with losing power, losing my goals and aspirations. I was trying to find the balance between honoring someone else and myself, while at the same time - finding where the edges meet.”
The boldly titled Lovers and Leaders is as diverse as the characters that inspired it. The lyrics explore the freedom that comes through love, the nobility of leadership, and the devastating impact of the lack of either. Fans of Sacket’s confessional songwriting will immediately recognize the classically influenced melodies that are at the heart of the composer’s polished musicality. Lyrically, he stretches beyond the internal scrutiny of self-examination to etch distinct portraits of others with crystalline clarity. Sacket’s gift is not only to breathe life into these characters, but also to reveal their humanity.
Born in Iran to a multi-cultural family (his father is Iranian, his mother British) Sacket came to California at age one where he grew up in the sun-baked sprawl of the San Fernando Valley. Among his high school peers were members of Linkin Park and Hoobastank. And “Brandon Boyd,” as named in song, is the schoolmate who co-founded the band Incubus.
With the release of his second album, Shadowed (2004) Sacha Sacket took his artistry far a field touring relentlessly with concerts at hundreds of colleges and music venues while garnering airplay on 150+ independent, college and NPR stations. With the advent of myspace, his audience grew exponentially and national media outlets soon took notice. Noted one reviewer, “Sacket’s music is not one for easy comparison. His remarkable and plaintive sensitivity conjures thoughts of a young Elton John, while a beautiful, textured piano recalls his classical past – a young obsession with Beethoven. His talent, however, is undeniable from any perspective. Armed with a unique and powerful voice, which is perhaps his greatest asset, Sacket grabs you right in the gut and never lets go.”
With Lovers and Leaders, even though Sacket confronts emotional vulnerability, his position is one of strength. “I’m not crying, walking down the street or anything,” he laughs. “My music balances me. It’s a super shot, an ‘espresso’ shot of me. In my music, I say things that I’ve never said to anybody. It’s private stuff that I don’t really talk about: except to the world.”
Jove, is pretty amazing...its the one song on the CD that sounds so different from the others. To me its similar to Palestine in how it is so unique in structure..you sound great of course...but makes you listen deeply, which of course is why I love ya...Miss you much..hope to hear a line or two sometime soon from U...hope you're well and put that Diet Dr. Pepper down...its time to graduate to??? Mil besos!! Mateo
