Sarah Williams White

Praise for Unfathomable released January 2022 on First Word Records:

“innate sense of soul” – Clash Magazine
“2022 crossover artist” – Hype Magazine
“New and special” – Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2
“percussive loops that Flying Lotus would not have denied” – FIP Radio
“taking us on a fascinating journey, can’t wait for this new album” – John Kennedy, RadioX
BBC 6music:
Nemone – “I have loved the output of Sarah Williams White”
Huw Stephens  – “really talented artist”
Chris Hawkins – “gorgeous psych-soul folktronica”
DJ Deb Grant / Anne Frankenstein – “a musical powerhouse”

Emanating from the “hilly fields of Lewisham” in South London, Sarah Williams White is a singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Her sound is a unique blend of psych-soul, folktronica and experimental synth-pop. Sarah released her acclaimed debut album ‘Of The New World’ on First Word in 2015, which was written, produced and performed by Sarah from her home studio, with the assistance of drummer, engineer & husband, Timmy Rickard. Her projects have seen support from the likes of Lauren Laverne, Tom Ravenscroft, Nemone & Chris Hawkins (BBC 6 Music), Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2), FIP Radio, Clash & The Guardian, to name a few, and she’s toured the UK with Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Golden Rules (Lex). There have been additional collaborations with label-mate Quiet Dawn (on the 2021 compilation / EP ‘A Family Affair’) and with her brother, Paul White – a revered producer in his own right, with credits including Danny Brown and Sudan Archives.

Following a hiatus to become a mother, Sarah now brings us her sophomore album, ‘Unfathomable’. A project that offers up escapism from the mundane, enticing us to connect with our natural planet in this prevalent time, via the eyes of a new mother. In her words, Sarah states that the album is “about escape. It’s about deflating the ego by looking up to the endlessness of outer space, connecting with the greatness of mother nature, and loving how unfathomable the universe and life itself is”.

11-tracks in all, including the recent singles ‘Nebula’ and ‘Monsters’, this opus sees Sarah’s buttery lathing of vocals merged with cutting beats and atypical pop sensibilities across the project, again entirely self-produced from home, defining her as one of the UK’s most irresistible DIY psych-soul talents.

With a voice reminiscent of Peggy Lee, tapestried harmony akin to Hiatus Kaiyote, beats fit for Little Dragon, and experimental production evocative of Kate Bush, Sarah Williams White’s signature genre-defying sound invites us into a
world uniquely hers.

‘Unfathomable’ is released on vinyl and digital in January 2022.