THE SILENCE

[sample of sadie "switchblade" smith]

Can everybody hear me when I talk without the mic?

Yeah

Um, im a really anxious person and ive been getting more used to playing these types of crowds, uh, and i just wanted to kinda create an intimate space by talking for a second. i look out at these crowds and i just wanna hold everyone and i wish i could hold everyone so close to me, and i love all of you so much. um, and i wanted- the last thing i wanted to do really quick before we played, was i just wanted to have a moment of silence, which i think can be really powerful. and everybody that wants to – if everybody in this room could close their eyes, and just say to yourself in your head, i am forgiven, i am loved, i am nuanced, flawed, imperfect, tender and gorgeous