PREMIERE: Sara Rachele Releases New Single “Let Me Make It Up To You (You’re Such A Sweet Thing)”

We did the recording itself as a live band in Brooklyn, live to tape at a studio we like there. I produced this one, and worked from a demo I’d started writing at my studio in Atlanta, which I made with Waylon (of the Skintights). So, she helped me tighten the song up, and she’s one of the only people I work with as a writer on that level. I’m a little shy. Then at the studio in New York, we all had that demo, so we just reviewed it and went in and played the song as a band. I played acoustic on the track to lead the band in the vocal booth with the guys in the live room at Studio G.  

Binky really just has this vibe, and I knew that if we just let him do what he does, it’d grow up to being a real record. And not to mention, the rest of the players were so tasteful. I’m a young producer, but in Brooklyn, with a simple idea and those kinds of players, it goes a long way, and it was just a pleasure to let the song be set free. 

I try to be honest, and apologies aren’t always so easy. I hope the song and record captures a little bit of that push-and-pull—some of that “I’m sorry and could you forgive me?” But without the sentimentality, love is about loving even when things get hard. No one can promise not to make mistakes, and I’ve stumbled a lot the last couple of years. I know what it‘s like to be unforgiven. This is a little song of hope, aiming at redemption. And if I can be redeemed, anyone can.“