In an age of music without boundaries, Sasha Joy teams up with SANGA TOTO and stakes out new, untamed territory with “New Land,” her most daring and emotionally charged work. This is a fiery declaration. “New Land” sweeps you up from the opening strains in its mix of wonder and emotional weight. Sasha’s voice, thick with nuance and soul, narrates a passage.
There’s something fearlessly refreshing about how she lets vulnerability creep in without ever going off the rails. Her delivery is earthbound and ethereal, teetering between world-weary wisdom and hope-filled discovery. The auditory structure of “New Land” is also beautiful. SANGA TOTO’s work is reckoning with complexity. Wooden percussion connotes the earthiness of folk tradition, and deep, rolling basslines feel as if they’re shaping the ground on which the song walks. Electric textures flutter in and out like the northern lights, giving the song a cinematic lift.
“New Land” defies the strictures of genre. It’s not exactly soul and not entirely RnB, but it’s not worlds away from funk or world music. It thrives in the in-between, the refusal to be boxed in. That forward momentum is a big part of what makes the track feel so alive, and it sounds like it’s figuring itself out in the present tense, much like the emotional territory it surveys.
There’s also a technical polish here that characterizes “New Land.” Mastered by Globe Audio Mastering, whose clientele speaks to the level of clarity and warmth introduced to the song, the emotional intensity is enhanced rather than drowned out. With “New Land,” Sasha Joy is merely evidencing maturation and embarking on a reinvention. It’s an arrival at a place she’s never been and an invitation for you to come along. If this song indicates where she’s going next, it sounds like a voyage worth following.
