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Lovestarrs

January 01, 1970

Sazzie (formerly known as The Good Natured and Lovestarrs) is an English synthpop solo act, consisting of Sarah McIntosh (born January 1991[1] in Highclere, Hampshire)[2] on vocals and keyboards, and formerly her brother Hamish McIntosh on bass and George Hinton (with whom Sarah became acquainted at university)[3] on drums.

Sazzie
Sazzie with Lovestarrs in 2014
Background information
OriginHighclere, Hampshire, England
GenresSynthpop
Years active2008–present
LabelsRegal, Parlophone, Astralwerks
MembersSarah McIntosh
Past membersHamish McIntosh
George Hinton
Websitewww.sazziexo.com

Career edit

2008–2011: Career beginnings, Warriors and Your Body Is A Machine edit

Sarah began playing the violin as a child, but felt it was not the right instrument for her, so she turned towards playing the drums.[4][5] She also sang in a choir when she was a child.[6] At the age of 14 she salvaged an old Yamaha keyboard while spring cleaning her grandmother's house.[4][5] She taught herself to play the keys and at age 15 began to write her first own songs and founded a band with her brother Hamish.[7] Later she went to university to study music, but found that both studying and pursuing her musical career was unmanageable. She therefore decided to drop out from university and concentrate on her own music.[8]

After attracting thousands of listeners with their first song, "Our Very Last", The Good Natured self-released their debut EP Warriors on 7 July 2008.[9][10] The EP received a lot of press coverage, especially for the lyrics. Their second EP Your Body Is a Machine was released independently as well on 13 September 2009.[6][11]

2011–2012: Parlophone, Skeleton and 5-HT edit

In March 2011, The Good Natured signed a deal with Regal Recordings and Parlophone, under which they released their EP Skeleton on 20 June 2011.[12][13] The lead track, "Skeleton" peaked at No. 68 on the German singles top 100.[14] They also signed to Astralwerks in the United States, where they made their debut with the release of Skeleton on 11 October 2011.[15] On 9 December 2012, The Good Natured released their debut single, 5-HT with an accompanying music video.[16] The song failed to make an impact on any major charts. Also in 2012, The Good Natured and Vince Clarke released the song Ghost Train as a free download.[17]

On 28 March 2013, the band announced that their debut album would be titled Prism.[18] However, on 25 July 2013, the group announced via their Facebook account that they had been dropped from their label a few months earlier, and had spent the ensuing time in an unsuccessful effort to get the masters back so that they could self-release the album. They also stated that the band's final show would be at the Temple of Boom stage at the Secret Garden Party that same month.[19][20]

2014–2017: Lovestarrs, Get Your Sexy On, Supernova, new EPs, and a debut album edit

On 4 December 2013, they announced on their Facebook page that they will return in 2014 "in a new shape and form".[21] In January 2014, they announced via their Facebook page that they had changed their name to Lovestarrs.

On 31 March 2014, Lovestarrs released their debut single, "Get Your Sexy On".[22] The single received very positive reviews, especially from The Guardian [23] who described the song as "excellent". In September 2014 under their new name, Lovestarrs self-released their first EP, Supernova. In support of this, they played shows in England and Sweden.[24]

On 12 October 2015, Lovestarrs began a Kickstarter campaign to fund production costs of two upcoming EPs and an album, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, and Planet Lovestarr, respectively, all set for release in 2016. Sarah stated that this was being done so as to retain ownership of their music and enable them to license and release it through DEFDISCO, the label they recently signed to, to avoid the issues that they had with Parlophone/EMI. The campaign was successful with 107% of their goal reached.[25]

The Planet Lovestarr album was released 17 March 2017.[26] Soon thereafter, the label folded and released all artists from their contracts.[27]

2017 – present: Sazzie edit

On 3 July 2017, Sarah posted on Facebook announcing a rebranding of Lovestarrs, becoming a solo act.[28] On 22 July 2017, Sarah announced her new name to be "Sazzie".[28] That month, she released her first song as Sazzie to YouTube: a cover of Kesha's song "Praying".[29] This was followed by "Hot Stuff" and several songs from the Planet Lovestarr album, including a lyrically reworked version of "WTF".

Influences edit

The Good Natured was compared to La Roux,[30][31] Ladytron,[2][4] Lily Allen[2][10] and Kate Nash.[2][30] Sarah herself described The Good Natured as "dark electronic pop"[6] as well as "electronic pop with heart",[5] citing bands such as Tears for Fears, Japan, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Vince Clarke (from Depeche Mode, Yazoo & Erasure) as influences.[31]

Sarah stated that she is influenced by Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani when it comes to Lovestarrs.[32]

Discography edit

Albums edit

  • Prism (as The Good Natured) (unreleased)
  • Planet Lovestarr (2017)

Extended plays edit

  • Warriors (2008)
  • Your Body Is a Machine (2009)
  • Skeleton (2011)
  • Supernova (2014)
  • Get Your Sexy On (2016)
  • Somebody Like You (2016)

Singles edit

  • Be My Animal (2010)
  • Skeleton (2011)
  • Video Voyeur (2011)
  • Christmas Wrapping (with Colette Carr) (2012)[33]
  • 5-HT (2013)[34]
  • Lovers (2013)
  • Get Your Sexy On (2014)
  • Stupid Cupid (2014)
  • Ex Lover (2014)
  • Do You Work Out? (feat. Mix Master Mike) (2018)

References edit

  1. ^ Haim, Daniel (3 February 2011). "UK Sensation The Good Natured Set to Release Be My Animal in the US". Bloginity.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. ... Sarah McIntosh was just 19 years old (she turned 20 last week).
  2. ^ a b c d Lester, Paul (25 February 2009). "New band of the day – No 493: The Good Natured". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ^ Voerding, Brian (28 February 2011). . Spinner. AOL. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Strange, Francesca (4 May 2010). . For The Record. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Von Pip, Andy (2 June 2010). "Fire And Ice-The Good Natured Interview". The Von Pip Musical Express. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Harrison, Suzy (2010). . Push to Fire. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  7. ^ Cypherle, Jacob (7 February 2011). "Interview with The Good Natured and OOTD". Chromatist. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  8. ^ Hollywood Q (15 October 2010). . The Maroon Cafe. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Warriors – EP by The Good Natured". iTunes Store UK. Apple. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  10. ^ a b Aarong, David (13 May 2010). "The Good Natured – Your Body is a Machine". Audio Drums. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Your Body Is a Machine – EP by The Good Natured". iTunes Store UK. Apple. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  12. ^ . Parlophone. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  13. ^ "Some good news (and a good song) from The Good Natured". Popjustice. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Skeleton by The Good Natured - Music Charts". Acharts.co.
  15. ^ "Introducing The Good Natured". Astralwerks. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  16. ^ "The Good Natured - 5-HT [Official Music Video]". YouTube.
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  18. ^ O'Mance, Brad (28 March 2013). "The Good Natured's debut album now has a title". Popjustice. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  19. ^ The Good Natured (25 July 2013). "Timeline Photos". Facebook. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Secret Garden Party Announces Line-up Additions Plus Headliner Regina Spektor For 25th – 28th July 2013". Contactmusic.com. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  21. ^ "Coming back stronger than ever next year in a... – The Good Natured". Facebook.
  22. ^ "Get Your Sexy on - Single by Sazzie". iTunes. 2 June 2020.
  23. ^ Cragg, Michael (6 February 2014). "Lovestarrs – Get Your Sexy On: New music". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com.
  25. ^ "Lovestarrs - 2 EPs + Debut Album". Kickstarter.
  26. ^ Allen, Tony (17 March 2017). "Strength of their Nature: Lovestarrs, Planet Lovestarr – Review". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  27. ^ Raggio, Eva (25 May 2017). "Record Label DefDisco Dissolves, Leaving the Dallas Artists It Signed Stranded". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  28. ^ a b "Sazzie". Facebook.com.
  29. ^ "YouTube". Youtube.com.
  30. ^ a b Butcher, Simon (12 October 2010). . Q. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  31. ^ a b Preece, Rachel (27 June 2010). . Matchless Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  32. ^ "An Interview With The British Pop Group, Lovestarrs, Whose Motto, "Follow Your Heart And Aim For The Stars", Keeps Them Motivated and Inspired!". Music.allaccess.com. 28 October 2014.
  33. ^ "Christmas Wrapping – Single by The Good Natured & Colette Carr". iTunes Store US. Apple. January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  34. ^ "5-Ht – Ep by The Good Natured". iTunes Store UK. Apple. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • The Good Natured on Bandcamp

January 01, 1970
lovestarrs, sazzie, formerly, known, good, natured, english, synthpop, solo, consisting, sarah, mcintosh, born, january, 1991, highclere, hampshire, vocals, keyboards, formerly, brother, hamish, mcintosh, bass, george, hinton, with, whom, sarah, became, acquai. Sazzie formerly known as The Good Natured and Lovestarrs is an English synthpop solo act consisting of Sarah McIntosh born January 1991 1 in Highclere Hampshire 2 on vocals and keyboards and formerly her brother Hamish McIntosh on bass and George Hinton with whom Sarah became acquainted at university 3 on drums SazzieSazzie with Lovestarrs in 2014Background informationOriginHighclere Hampshire EnglandGenresSynthpopYears active2008 presentLabelsRegal Parlophone AstralwerksMembersSarah McIntoshPast membersHamish McIntoshGeorge HintonWebsitewww wbr sazziexo wbr com Contents 1 Career 1 1 2008 2011 Career beginnings Warriors and Your Body Is A Machine 1 2 2011 2012 Parlophone Skeleton and 5 HT 1 3 2014 2017 Lovestarrs Get Your Sexy On Supernova new EPs and a debut album 1 4 2017 present Sazzie 2 Influences 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Extended plays 3 3 Singles 4 References 5 External linksCareer edit2008 2011 Career beginnings Warriors and Your Body Is A Machine edit Sarah began playing the violin as a child but felt it was not the right instrument for her so she turned towards playing the drums 4 5 She also sang in a choir when she was a child 6 At the age of 14 she salvaged an old Yamaha keyboard while spring cleaning her grandmother s house 4 5 She taught herself to play the keys and at age 15 began to write her first own songs and founded a band with her brother Hamish 7 Later she went to university to study music but found that both studying and pursuing her musical career was unmanageable She therefore decided to drop out from university and concentrate on her own music 8 After attracting thousands of listeners with their first song Our Very Last The Good Natured self released their debut EP Warriors on 7 July 2008 9 10 The EP received a lot of press coverage especially for the lyrics Their second EP Your Body Is a Machine was released independently as well on 13 September 2009 6 11 2011 2012 Parlophone Skeleton and 5 HT edit In March 2011 The Good Natured signed a deal with Regal Recordings and Parlophone under which they released their EP Skeleton on 20 June 2011 12 13 The lead track Skeleton peaked at No 68 on the German singles top 100 14 They also signed to Astralwerks in the United States where they made their debut with the release of Skeleton on 11 October 2011 15 On 9 December 2012 The Good Natured released their debut single 5 HT with an accompanying music video 16 The song failed to make an impact on any major charts Also in 2012 The Good Natured and Vince Clarke released the song Ghost Train as a free download 17 On 28 March 2013 the band announced that their debut album would be titled Prism 18 However on 25 July 2013 the group announced via their Facebook account that they had been dropped from their label a few months earlier and had spent the ensuing time in an unsuccessful effort to get the masters back so that they could self release the album They also stated that the band s final show would be at the Temple of Boom stage at the Secret Garden Party that same month 19 20 2014 2017 Lovestarrs Get Your Sexy On Supernova new EPs and a debut album edit On 4 December 2013 they announced on their Facebook page that they will return in 2014 in a new shape and form 21 In January 2014 they announced via their Facebook page that they had changed their name to Lovestarrs On 31 March 2014 Lovestarrs released their debut single Get Your Sexy On 22 The single received very positive reviews especially from The Guardian 23 who described the song as excellent In September 2014 under their new name Lovestarrs self released their first EP Supernova In support of this they played shows in England and Sweden 24 On 12 October 2015 Lovestarrs began a Kickstarter campaign to fund production costs of two upcoming EPs and an album Andromeda Cassiopeia and Planet Lovestarr respectively all set for release in 2016 Sarah stated that this was being done so as to retain ownership of their music and enable them to license and release it through DEFDISCO the label they recently signed to to avoid the issues that they had with Parlophone EMI The campaign was successful with 107 of their goal reached 25 The Planet Lovestarr album was released 17 March 2017 26 Soon thereafter the label folded and released all artists from their contracts 27 2017 present Sazzie edit On 3 July 2017 Sarah posted on Facebook announcing a rebranding of Lovestarrs becoming a solo act 28 On 22 July 2017 Sarah announced her new name to be Sazzie 28 That month she released her first song as Sazzie to YouTube a cover of Kesha s song Praying 29 This was followed by Hot Stuff and several songs from the Planet Lovestarr album including a lyrically reworked version of WTF Influences editThe Good Natured was compared to La Roux 30 31 Ladytron 2 4 Lily Allen 2 10 and Kate Nash 2 30 Sarah herself described The Good Natured as dark electronic pop 6 as well as electronic pop with heart 5 citing bands such as Tears for Fears Japan Siouxsie and the Banshees and Vince Clarke from Depeche Mode Yazoo amp Erasure as influences 31 Sarah stated that she is influenced by Katy Perry Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani when it comes to Lovestarrs 32 Discography editAlbums edit Prism as The Good Natured unreleased Planet Lovestarr 2017 Extended plays edit Warriors 2008 Your Body Is a Machine 2009 Skeleton 2011 Supernova 2014 Get Your Sexy On 2016 Somebody Like You 2016 Singles edit Be My Animal 2010 Skeleton 2011 Video Voyeur 2011 Christmas Wrapping with Colette Carr 2012 33 5 HT 2013 34 Lovers 2013 Get Your Sexy On 2014 Stupid Cupid 2014 Ex Lover 2014 Do You Work Out feat Mix Master Mike 2018 References edit Haim Daniel 3 February 2011 UK Sensation The Good Natured Set to Release Be My Animal in the US Bloginity com Archived from the original on 5 October 2011 Retrieved 3 June 2011 Sarah McIntosh was just 19 years old she turned 20 last week a b c d Lester Paul 25 February 2009 New band of the day No 493 The Good Natured The Guardian Retrieved 3 June 2011 Voerding Brian 28 February 2011 The Good Natured Drop Out to Tune In Top 100 Acts at SXSW 2011 Spinner AOL Archived from the original on 18 September 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2011 a b c Strange Francesca 4 May 2010 The Good Natured Interview For The Record Archived from the original on 18 May 2011 Retrieved 3 June 2011 a b c Von Pip Andy 2 June 2010 Fire And Ice The Good Natured Interview The Von Pip Musical Express Retrieved 3 June 2011 a b c Harrison Suzy 2010 Push to Fire Interview The Good Natured Push to Fire Archived from the original on 28 November 2010 Retrieved 3 June 2011 Cypherle Jacob 7 February 2011 Interview with The Good Natured and OOTD Chromatist Retrieved 3 June 2011 Hollywood Q 15 October 2010 Maroon Cafe Exclusive Interview with The Good Natured The Maroon Cafe Archived from the original on 12 May 2011 Retrieved 3 June 2011 Warriors EP by The Good Natured iTunes Store UK Apple 7 July 2008 Retrieved 29 July 2011 a b Aarong David 13 May 2010 The Good Natured Your Body is a Machine Audio Drums Retrieved 3 June 2011 Your Body Is a Machine EP by The Good Natured iTunes Store UK Apple 13 September 2009 Retrieved 16 August 2012 THE GOOD NATURED SKELETON EP Parlophone 27 April 2012 Archived from the original on 18 May 2011 Retrieved 16 August 2012 Some good news and a good song from The Good Natured Popjustice 7 March 2011 Retrieved 3 June 2011 Skeleton by The Good Natured Music Charts Acharts co Introducing The Good Natured Astralwerks 31 August 2011 Archived from the original on 17 January 2013 Retrieved 16 August 2012 The Good Natured 5 HT Official Music Video YouTube Listen to Ghost Train Vince Clarke s collaboration with the Good Natured and download their mixtape Vince Clarke Music Latest News Archived from the original on 15 July 2015 Retrieved 14 July 2015 O Mance Brad 28 March 2013 The Good Natured s debut album now has a title Popjustice Retrieved 17 June 2013 The Good Natured 25 July 2013 Timeline Photos Facebook Retrieved 25 July 2013 Secret Garden Party Announces Line up Additions Plus Headliner Regina Spektor For 25th 28th July 2013 Contactmusic com 27 March 2013 Retrieved 22 December 2013 Coming back stronger than ever next year in a The Good Natured Facebook Get Your Sexy on Single by Sazzie iTunes 2 June 2020 Cragg Michael 6 February 2014 Lovestarrs Get Your Sexy On New music The Guardian Retrieved 29 September 2019 Log In or Sign Up to View Facebook com Lovestarrs 2 EPs Debut Album Kickstarter Allen Tony 17 March 2017 Strength of their Nature Lovestarrs Planet Lovestarr Review Retrieved 23 July 2023 Raggio Eva 25 May 2017 Record Label DefDisco Dissolves Leaving the Dallas Artists It Signed Stranded Dallas Observer Retrieved 23 July 2023 a b Sazzie Facebook com YouTube Youtube com a b Butcher Simon 12 October 2010 The Good Natured Be My Animal Q Bauer Media Group Archived from the original on 26 July 2011 Retrieved 3 June 2011 a b Preece Rachel 27 June 2010 The Good Natured Interview Matchless Magazine Archived from the original on 24 March 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2011 An Interview With The British Pop Group Lovestarrs Whose Motto Follow Your Heart And Aim For The Stars Keeps Them Motivated and Inspired Music allaccess com 28 October 2014 Christmas Wrapping Single by The Good Natured amp Colette Carr iTunes Store US Apple January 2012 Retrieved 22 December 2013 5 Ht Ep by The Good Natured iTunes Store UK Apple 8 March 2013 Retrieved 22 December 2013 External links editOfficial website The Good Natured on Bandcamp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lovestarrs amp oldid 1221692535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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