Having already appeared on BlackPlastic’s pages earlier this year and back in 2023, duo Sasha Daniel and Dov Igel are back again, sneaking in just before the hammer falls on 2024 with another introspective piece of melancholic pop.
On their new single, 7.5 Years, Sasha gives voice to the process of grieving that comes with a break-up, and the overwhelming sense of loss. As she lays out in the song’s chorus, the feeling of disconnection results in a painful experience of being lost and directionless… The anchors and plans associated with a long-term relationship suddenly removed, we are adrift, with the sense of a future unwritten. It is overwhelming, cold, and forbidding, the change yet to culminate in any kind of rebirth and possibility.
As is always the case with Sasha & The Bear, the pair have constructed a sophisticated alt-pop aesthetic that lends weight to their new single’s emotional message, without distracting from the feeling conveyed in the vocals and lyrics. There is a refined aesthetic to the sound here that I truly appreciate, as the song itself puts me right in the shoes of a person navigating the painful experience of an emotional severance.
Check out 7.5 Years below: