Blondshell performing during the Coolest Place in the World Tour at Emo's Austin in Austin, Texas on February 7, 2023. (Photo: Ralph Arvesen)
Blondshell is the angriest, clearest, and most vulnerable side of LA-based singer/songwriter Sabrina Teitelbaum. Blondshell is a woman who knows where her wounds are and instead of looking away, she studies them, cleans them, and sews them back up.
Growing up in the early 2000s, in a chaotic New York City household, Teitelbaum sought comfort in the music of legends like Patti Smith, Joy Division, and the Velvet Underground. In a fingerless gloves phase, she found Imogen Heap and Elliott Smith, singing their songs at open mic nights around Manhattan. She discovered her sexuality around this time and found confidence in her queer identity while walking around the Lower East Side, listening to Tracy Chapman and Sophie B. Hawkins.
Teitelbaum quickly learned to tell her own stories through songwriting and found relief in confessional lyricism - equal parts devastating and droll, sexy and tempestuous, yet always deeply relatable. It took her some time and a previous project to find her sound, but she has always clung to uncompromising truth in music, having honed her technique with producer Yves Rothman.
Over wailing guitars and a masterful sense of melody, Blondshell sings about getting saved "not by Jesus but by validation." Although her tones are predominantly dark and brooding, there is a bright sense of hope that shines through her adventurous song structures and undeniable hooks. Why else would you sing about getting saved, if not for believing that things could actually get better?
I saw Blondshell preform before Suki, it was beautiful. Not only was she stunning her voice was amazing and it made me add her to my playlist immediately, and also made me look her up in Bandcamp to possibly buy a record so I could have her music physically.Setlist for the show at Emo's Austin
I went to see Suki Water house and found so much more with this band. Blondshell is my new favorite band, I love their music so much and their performance was amazing and so worth it. I hope someday I can watch their own concert at some point, I loved every song. And the drummer is amazing!
- Veronica Mars
- Cartoon Earthquake
- Sepsis
- Joiner
- Salad
- Olympus
- Disappointment
- Kiss City
- Tarmac
Blondshell shared the stage with Suki Waterhouse at Emo's Austin. They continue across the United States and Europe with the last stop at the Primavera Porto in Porto, Portugal on June 10, 2023.
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