Breymer (fka Sarah Walk) announces album, When I Get Through

02 July 2024, 12:25 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

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(Sarah Walk) (Breymer)

Minnesota born singer-songwriter Breymer, formerly known as the artist Sarah Walk, has announced the release of their forthcoming album, When I Get Through, and shares the double singles, "Wrong Path" and "Darkness".

The album is a strikingly honest exploration of their relationship with gender and identity, and specifically it tracks Walk’s experience undergoing top surgery, from making the decision to the process itself.

On their decision to change their artist name, Walk explains that “choosing a name requires a certain amount of agency and intentionality. This album feels bold and gender non-conforming, and Breymer feels like it represents all of that and suits the music really well. Bremer is my middle name and has always been intriguing to me; I like that it’s androgynous and uncommon (I changed the spelling slightly to make it even more so), and I like that it separates my artist existence from my personal one. I want Breymer to be the encapsulation of the confidence and celebration in my own body that I needed to see when I was going through this process”.

The new singles were co-written with teacher and musician Raven Katz. “I brought in my dear friend Raven to help me shell it out and figure out the best approach. ‘Wrong Path’ is really a song about insecurity masked as self-doubt. It’s about the realisation that something needs to change, and sitting in that feeling before having the strength or confidence to act upon it. There is also this underlying element of frustration with myself for my lack of courage (as I saw it at that moment).

I initially wrote ‘Darkness’ for my wife when she was going through a tough time. It was meant as a comfort song for her, but I think I ended up being comforted by it just as much in a different way. I felt it was important to show that even when you’re suffering (and often times because of it) being a support system for someone else can remind you of your strength and your ability to crawl out of whatever place you’re in. It’s never hard for me to believe in my wife and know that she will be okay, and being able to offer some of that reassurance to her was a way for me to know that I would be okay, too”.

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