Track Of The Day :: Sahara Beck - Don't Overthink It

Words: Ellie Ward 

Following ‘I Haven’t Done A Thing Today’ from earlier in the year, Sahara Beck drops her second single of 2019, ‘Don’t Overthink It’.

We've heard a few things now from the Brisbane-based artist, and the perfect art-pop production of her latest outing - released last week - solidifies her reputation as one of Oz's most arresting performers.

Combining an arch array of guitar riffs, synths with personal lyricism, as she offers in the first verse, not beating around the bush: “I fucked too much, I played too many games.”

“I always overthink everything, which is a benefit for my music and lyrics but not my mental health,” reveals Sahara. “I wrote this song when I realised I was getting swept away with a crush... I fall in love so easily and tend to become so obsessed in my head that it distracts me from everything else that’s important.”

Overthinking often extends to her music too. “Every time I release a song, there’s a fear of being laughed at and wanting to give up in the last moment, which is why I wrote that line, 'Don’t be a quitter, deliver, show them your power’.”

Which is just what Ms Beck is showing here.