Author: Jason Sheffield
Jason Sheffield
Indie music journalist digging up the stuff algorithms overlook. No industry fluff, just honest takes and good music. Self-taught, self-published, doing it for the love, not the clicks.
There’s something oddly brave about turning your worst moments into songs and then inviting strangers to listen. At 22, South London’s Amie Blu has built her entire debut album around this idea, transforming the kind of sadness most people try to hide into something that feels oddly communal. Her debut album, when all is said and done, dropped on September 26th, and it’s exactly what the title suggests: 12 tracks of unfiltered honesty clocking in at just under 36 minutes. The songs read like torn-out diary pages set to music, blending R&B and soul with stripped-back folk-pop that hits harder…