Right after his debut album, Wide-Eyed was released in 2018, Said the Sky read the comments and reviews about his album on Reddit and one comment stood out to him. The comment read, “[Wide-Eyed] is okay, it didn’t feel like he pushed and boundaries. Feels like another straight forward EDM album". Soon after, Saidthe Sky challenged himself to dig deeper and take those risks and drastic different approachment for next album, unlike Wide-Eyed to make such a change is bold and equally refreshing that became the inspiration to shape Sentiment.[1][2]
The sophomore album was teased by Said the Sky for more than six months.[1] On December 13, 2021, several photos were posted in his media social that shown a couple in love before the album title were announced with a image that shown the definition and meaning of "Sentiment" on December 15, 2021. On January 29, 2022, the cover art for the album and the release date officially revealed, all through his official media social.
Sentiment consist of fifteen tracks and five singles were release in order to promote the album. The first single, "We Know Who We Are", a song with Olivver the Kid was released on May 21, 2021 meanwhile the second and third single "Treading Water" and "Go on Then, Love" with the American rock band, The Maine was released on August 13 and October 01 in the same year. It followed by the released of the fourth single and final single, "Walk Me Home" with Illenium featuring vocal from American singer, Chelsea Cutler and "Emotional Sickness" with Will Anderson and his band, Parachute, on February 11 and February 16, 2022.
Ryan Morse of Conscious Electronic dubbed the album as more acoustically-driven and genre-hopping.[1] Raven Wright of EDM Identity noted that the album marks a shift in Said the Sky music, incorporating more acoustic, alternative rock and pop-punk, reflecting the evolving musical direction.[5] Writing for Prelude Press, Dom Vigil stated Sentiment takes a darker approach to the electronic-popcrossover genre in contrast to Wide-Eyed and felt the sophomore album is not simple dance music, there are elements of punk, rock and indie felt.[7] Camero Sunkel from EDM wrote the album evokes nostalgia, blending electronic and rock with consistent numerous pop-punk and emo-inspired electronic offerings, and with breezy acoustic guitars and augmenting the energy with punchy drums, soaring riffs, and dense synth pads.[3] Creighton Branch from We Rave You described the album as nostalgic perfection with effortless blend of pop-punk and EDM[4] Zach Salafia from Dancing Astronaut comment that although each song is decidedly different, they all cohesively piece together, unified by their pop-punk roots". [6]
Theme
Sentiment by definition, refers to “exaggerated feelings of nostalgia,” and the album features plenty of nostalgia.[6]Said the Sky explained that "Sentiment is about recognizing that sometimes things get tough and that’s ok. It’s human. Nobody is ever alone in feeling alone".[7]
Promotion
There were five singles released in 2021 and 2022 prior to the album released:
We Know Who We Are (with Olivver the Kid), released on May 21, 2021.[9]
To support the album, Said the SKy announced Sentiment US Tour on his official media social, started from March 8 in Chico, California until May 28, at Minneapolis, Minnesota in the same year.
Track listing
All the tracks are written and produced by Said the Sky, with additional producers and writers listed.
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