Indie Folk from Said Sara

San Francisco-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Benson makes progressive post-folk music under the Said Sara moniker. Despite the delicate nature of his intricately crafted music as a solo artist, David is also the long-time drummer of the old school death metal outfit Acephalix.

The stark contrast and monumental shift between his two musical endeavours has been years in the making. David was a guitarist and vocalist for Acephalix for fifteen years, with the genre-bending act dropping their sole full-length release Sole in 1994 via Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn’s legendary SST Records imprint.

However, it’s been more recently, under the Said Sara alias that David’s songwriting talents have been able to fly. In 2020 he dropped the eponymous debut Said Sara EP, followed up by the single “I Star As You”. Building on that momentum he released the 2021 single “Bleedways” and now returns with his latest work this year with the track “Sea”.

Fusing together elements of dark indie, acoustic and folk music, filtered through his own creative lens, his latest work is a singer-songwriter classic. With a vocal performance that aches with emotion and a colourful mix of guitar, banjo and harmonica instrumentation, with “Sea”, Said Sara lays down a truly timeless sound.

Listen to Sea below