Sarah P. conceptual artist and advocate with the psyche indie electro pop of "Athena"

"ethereal and unwavering evolution"

Sarah P. aka Sarah Anna Psalti-Helbig (Keep Shelly) is an Athenian conceptual artist and mental health advocate and her musical offering, Athena, is a trippy affair riding on synth arpeggios, seriously cool bass and beats, indie funk / spy caper guitars and her wide eyed vox that feel, at once, baroque pop / new wave-esque or proto punkish experimental like a psychedelic Alice slowly moving down the rabbit hole. Her musical journey from Keep Shelly to collabs with Mmoths, Sun Glitters, The New Division, and The Bilinda Butchers has found her steeped in her solo career (since 2014) and her passion concerning mental health concerns. Sarah P. is publishing the monthly mental awareness zine EraseRestart and is an active member of IAO (International Artist Organisation). 

-Robb Donker Curtius




THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Sarah P.’s career in music started in 2010, during her final year in drama school as the lead singer of the successful indie group Keep Shelly in Athens, with whom she extensively toured North America & Europe (incl. festivals like Coachella, Fun Fun Fun, Camden Crawl, The Great Escape, and many more). In 2014, Sarah left the band and moved to Berlin to focus on her solo career.

After collaborations with artists like Mmoths, Sun Glitters, The New Division, and The Bilinda Butchers, her solo debut record Free was released in December 2015. Her ethereal and unwavering evolution have lead to comparisons to artists like Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Björk, Goldfrapp, and iamamiwhoami. Her critically acclaimed solo debut album Who Am I, an ode to the humanly deep need of security and love, was released in 2017, followed by her first anthology in early 2018. Furthermore, Sarah P. is publishing the monthly mental awareness zine EraseRestart and is an active member of IAO (International Artist Organisation).