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Steps

by Sarah Meth

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    STEPS EP is set for release 14th November 2023 via Slow Dance. It is introduced today
    with the EP’s title track self-produced by Sarah, with other songs in the EP co-produced with
    Louis O Bryen - member of the London band Sorry, in his debut production role.
    STEPS is the 23 year old Londoner’s third EP and features six new tracks that recollect her
    personal experiences of sexual trauma, albeit painted and portrayed with unexpected
    splashes of colour, character, and Sarah’s ability to own those experiences through her own
    strength and power.

    Track list
    A Side:
    Intro / It Happens Sore Eyes
    Sister You Said Red Hands Steps
    Fucktoy
    B Side:
    Always A Corner Blue
    Lately Leaving Wet Dream

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1.
Intro / It Happens 01:35
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It happens You pay the price In someone else eyes It’s all I see It’s all the time I wanna be I wanna run Mmm you pay the price In someone else eyes Till it all goes down It all goes down It all goes down
2.
Sore Eyes 02:29
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These words Used to touch you Yes I used to touch you used to want to be inside me I never thought of you as my friend, never again I never thought I’d see you fall I always thought of you used to want to be inside me (I know you love her)
3.
Sister You Said 02:36
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Please Don’t tell yourself you miss me You only miss me When I’m down on my knees You don’t miss me Mmm I was like a sister you said But it seems wrong to me To give your sister head Ooo x 2 Please Don’t kid yourself you miss me You only miss me When I’m down on my hands and knees You don’t miss me Mmm I was like a sister you said But it seems so wrong to me To give your sister head You’ve already got a woman that you love A woman I am not that you love Yes I was not a woman you could love A woman that you love should be enough For you to Please Don’t tell yourself you miss me Mmmm
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Red Hands 01:59
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The rumours were true, We all tried to love you So I chose not to see Till you red handed me Manhandled, dismantled Told me I was tangled When you redhanded me I hope one day you’ll see You had clear eyes with a fear of mine I was just trying to be kind Just a hole with two feet For something of your needs Fifteen years too long Proved us all too wrong You were already gone Mmm I was nothing of a woman Nothing of a friend Nothing of a woman I thought you were my friend Nothing of a woman No nothing of a friend Was left for you to see When you red handed me (Nothing of a nothing of a woman) (Nothing of a nothing of a friend)
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Steps 01:55
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6.
Fucktoy 03:13
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He can’t even see The best parts within me He cums, I leave He wants one thing He loves to see me weak I cry, he sleeps Fuck boy Me a little fuck toy I get no fuck joy From you Fuck boy Me a little fuck toy I get no fuck joy From you and he can’t even see The best parts beneath me He cums, I leave He wants one thing He loves to see me freak I cry, he sleeps Fuck boy Me a little fuck toy I get no fuck joy From you Fuck boy Me a little fuck toy I get no fuck joy From you You could say that I’m a savage I think he should fucking have it If I’m just down to habit Fuck boy Me a little fuck toy I get no fuck joy From you

about

STEPS EP is set for release 14th November 2023 via Slow Dance. It is introduced today with the EP’s title track self-produced by Sarah, with other songs in the EP co-produced with Louis O Bryen - member of the London band Sorry, in his debut production role.
STEPS is the 23 year old Londoner’s third EP and features six new tracks that recollect her personal experiences of sexual trauma, albeit painted and portrayed with unexpected splashes of colour, character, and Sarah’s ability to own those experiences through her own strength and power. She explains further, “STEPS EP is about moving forward into the unknown. I never intended to create a project around sexual trauma, but making these songs at the time played a big role in helping me process a way of accepting and taking ownership over some things that have happened. I
hope it brings a distinct vulnerability and perspective to the subject matter….Steps is ultimately about ‘making it through’ to define new versions of ourselves after such experiences.”

“I initially thought it was going to be a self-produced project but ended up taking about half ofthe songs to my friend Louis [O Bryen], who I feel very grateful for providing a space to elevate those songs in the way we did. My production and recording style for this EP was similar to my ‘Midnight Snacks’ project of demos - made singing into my laptop microphone
tucked up in bed. However, it felt necessary to have some of these songs, such as ‘Fucktoy’ ‘Sister You Said’ and ‘Red Hands’, production elevated in a way that could explore new sounds whilst also making these songs feel less discreet, in a “saying them with my chest” sort of way.”
“I hope this project can make people feel seen in what they can relate to from it, or in a non- threatening way, gauge people to ask questions of themselves upon listening.” Musically, STEPS EP dips colour into the noirish, shadowy hues of her Leak Your Own Blues EP. It recalls, in part, the instinctive rawness of early Cat Power recordings, with a
loose, lo-fi charm that portrays Sarah’s words with emphasis, feeling and meaning. An important, impressive release by a smart, tactile young songwriter.

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released November 14, 2023

Steps is an EP produced, written and performed by Sarah Meth
Sister You Said, Red Hands and Fucktoy co-produced by Louis O’Bryen
Mixed by Sean Read

Leak Your Own Blues is produced, written and performed by Sarah Meth, additional production from Alex Burey, Mastered by Alice Western

Artwork by Milly Cope
Design by Marco Pini

SD109 All Rights Reserved Slow Dance LTD 2023. Digitally Distributed World Wide Zebralution GmbH, Physically Distributed by Republic of Music LTD. Manufactured by Key Production.

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