There’s something undeniably cinematic about the way Sarah Maison builds a song — like stumbling into a hazy, sun-bleached town square where time’s forgotten to tick. Her new track “Exister” feels like that moment when the wind changes direction and suddenly you’re wide awake, aware, maybe even a little furious. It’s a song that bangs its head without losing its balance, dressed in dusty psychedelia and fed up with the world’s nonsense.
“Exister” might just be the heaviest thing Sarah Maison has ever dropped, and it’s a brilliant kind of heavy — think wild-eyed guitars, galloping rhythms, and a voice that doesn’t beg to be heard, it simply is, like a tree in the middle of a motorway. It starts like a mirage and quickly morphs into something more electric, more urgent. There’s a vintage psychedelic edge — bits of The Kinks, touches of Al Massrieen, maybe even a mirage of Melody’s Echo Chamber if she wandered into a protest.
But what keeps it spinning in the mind is the way the song pairs all this rock energy with something deeply rooted — nature, decay, survival. Sarah sings as if she’s already part of the soil, quietly watching the modern world forget itself in the rush to produce, perform, and outgrow. Her lyrics don’t whine; they quietly burn. And just when you think you’ve settled into the groove, there’s another shift — tempo, tone, even philosophy.
There’s a strange comfort in how easy it is to move to “Exister“, despite how dense it is thematically. You can sway, you can shout, or you can just stare at the ceiling and let it wash over. The psychedelic folk side pulls you in with lush layers, but the track’s not trying to be beautiful. It’s too awake for that. It’s got one eye on the trees and one on the city, and it’s asking: what’s the cost of forgetting we belong to both?
About Sarah Maison:
Sarah Maison doesn’t do surface-level. A visual arts graduate turned psych-folk conjurer, she’s been weaving her singular universe since her debut “Western Arabisant” back in 2016. With an Amazigh mother, a father from Cantal, and roots stretching from Mediterranean rhythms to French chanson, she’s always written from in-between spaces — both playful and deeply reflective. Now, with her first full album on the horizon, she’s bringing all of that history, humour, and heat into sharper, louder focus. “Exister” is proof she’s only just getting started, and already whispering like a storm.
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