Sarah Blasko, one of the most important Australian artists of this century, announces her first full-length studio album in six years I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain and releases the heartbreaker album opener ‘The Way’ together with its video.
Tracing the inevitability of painful goodbyes in many forms, and the grief – and acceptance – that follows, I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain sees the prolific 4x Platinum and 3x ARIA Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer firmly in the present as she searches for the light that comes with new beginnings. I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain is released November 1.
Opening with just piano and voice that glides effortlessly between registers before backing vocals reminiscent of a gospel choir are folded in, ‘The Way’ is the ethereal opener to I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain and reflective of the record’s inspirations of biblical imagery born from Sarah Blasko’s staunch upbringing in the church that she walked away from at 17. “I had been feeling like turning my back on god may have contributed to misfortunes in my life.” Sarah Blasko shares. “Looking back upon the death of my mother, a failed marriage and then a failed friendship during a time that felt like the apocalypse. Makes sense considering I was raised to believe in the apocalypse when I was a teenager.”
‘The Way’ came about during a casual writing session with Bec Sandridge, during which they bonded over their Christian upbringings, making up joking lyrics about repenting for their sins while playing the piano. “She kept singing “Get me to church!” and I loved it,” Sarah Blasko says, “we weren’t sure if either of us were going to do anything with it, but I eventually pulled the song out and finished it off. It was originally going to be the album closer, but a friend convinced me that it was a good place to start and set the scene and I agreed.”
I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain:
- The Way
- Bothering Me
- Goodbye! (Ft. Ryan Downey)
- I Can’t Wait Anymore
- Give You Up
- Emotions
- In My Head
- Dream Weaver
- To Be Alone
- Divine
