Sending you and yours good tidings from IH HQ! This year was full of highest highs and challenging lows. I had the opportunity to work on albums and songs with artists that blew me away, put out illuminati hotties’ fourth full-length, POWER, and even came home from the GRAMMYs with a trophy to boot this year. I got to travel to countries I’d never seen before with my one true love (!), visit friends old & new across the US, and my dogs have made strides in improving their manners when new people enter the house (good doggies).
This operation would be nothing without YOU though! Your support means the world to me; it LITERALLY allows me to do what I love most every day - make great music <3 So thank you for another wonderful year, and cheers to a sweet 2025 as we learn to navigate this wild world together.
Be courageous, be considerate, and find your power
Lots of love, Sarah Claus
P.S. should you be feeling extra cheerful this holiday season: buy IH an eggnog :)
P.P.S. Here’s some media I consumed and enjoyed in 2024:
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EELS by Being Dead (2024)
Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii (2024)
life til bones by Oso Oso (2024)
Mount Wittenberg Orca by Dirty Projectors & Björk (2011)
Band of Gold by Freda Payne (1970)
Transformer by Lou Reed (1972)
Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia/Jason Molina (2003)
Good Will Come To You by Yves Jarvis (2016)
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My Old Ass starring Aubrey Plaza & Maisy Stella (2024)
Love & Basketball starring Sanaa Lathan & Omar Epps (2000)
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There’s Always This Year: On Basketball & Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
P.P.P.S. if you’re looking for EVEN MORE recs, I’ve got a guest post that's now live on one of my favorite substacks, Flow State. OK NOW GET OFFLINE IT’S THE HOLIDAYS PPL! :) mwahhhh <3
Happy Holidays Sarah! Thank you for making 2024 even better with your music! POWER was, 'course, one of my favourite releases this year. Hope '25 will be just as good.