Sarah St. Albin

"...the catchiness of an early Taylor Swift hit but with the raw and biting lyrics of Joan Baez." - Northwest Music Scene (in a review of the track "Juliet")

"There's no doubt, [Sarah's] lyrics, vocals, and piano can fill any venue. But she can also roll in with her band and drop the hammer. I'm not even sure what drop the hammer means, but I know she did it at the Seattle Acoustic Festival." - Rain City Collective (Seattle)

Sarah St. Albin is a piano pop singer and songwriter based in Seattle, WA. At the piano, her ballads are reminiscent of the emotional and compositional complexity of Tori Amos and the intimate warmth of singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez. Her first commercial release,
Small Voice (2017), has been described as blending “upbeat and sentimental pop” with “something dark-and-synthy.” Think Fiona Apple meets Sara Bareilles, but Tori won’t let go.

Sarah’s love of music began on a farm outside of eastern Washington where she grew up. She belted songs to her chickens and dreamed of being a pop star. She wasn’t allowed to study music as a kid, but finally started taking classical piano, voice, and guitar lessons at age 14. She wrote her first song about a Spokane teenager who died tragically on a family vacation in Zimbabwe. Even today, much of Sarah’s music stems from sadness, anger, and loss.

In early 2016, while in the middle of graduate school at the University of Washington, Sarah began her career as a professional musician. Since releasing Small Voice on her independent label, Desibelle Entertainment, she assembled a backing band and is taking her sound in a more pop/rock direction. She’s currently working on her next EP (release date TBD).