Singer songwriter Saskia Griffiths-Moore has ditched the folk playbook for her latest release, and the results are worth paying attention to. “Matter Of Pride” sees her diving headfirst into blues territory, and she sounds right at home there.
The track is gritty, rhythmic, and packed with the kind of energy that makes you hit repeat without thinking about it. Saskia hasn’t abandoned what made her work in the first place though. That storytelling backbone is still there, just dressed up in a completely different outfit.
What’s impressive is how confident she sounds navigating these blues-tinged melodies. There’s no tentative dipping of toes here. She’s jumped straight in, and the hooks are strong enough to prove she knows exactly what she’s doing. The driving rhythms give it a summer ready quality, the kind of thing that works just as well blasting through car speakers as it does through headphones.
As founder of Talent Is Timeless, Saskia spends plenty of time championing other emerging artists. But “Matter Of Pride” makes it clear she’s not standing still herself. This is an artist pushing her own boundaries while still sounding authentically like herself, just with more grit and groove than before.