Amy Sabin has played in a bunch of different Portland bands over the years, but only recently did she begin to feel comfortable fronting her own outfit, the dark-pop quartet Shadowlands.
Much of that has to do with her thicker-than-water bandmates: Her husband, Casey Logan, plays drums, his old friend Jason Sartain plays guitar, and Jesse Elizondo plays bass. (Sabin describes Elizondo as her “forever bandmate” and “band husband” because the two have played together in so many projects.)
“Because of the personalities of the people in this band, I’ve felt comfortable and supported, and it empowered me to put myself out there and put these songs out there,” she explains. “I have my little safety net around me.”
There have been other factors, of course–maturity, experience, a surer sense of artistic self. “Oh, and karaoke,” Sabin says, laughing. “Doing karaoke and making a complete fool of myself. That was a really good way to sort of get over myself.”