Saint Sappho - Between the Lines (2026) Hi-Res

It’s finally here: Between The Lines, the debut album from Tammy Dyson and Zoe Young, the daring alt-rock duo otherwise known as Saint Sappho. The couple have been releasing thought-provoking, hazy hits since 2022, but this is their first time going further than an EP. If you’re in need of a female-fired 90s Britpop renaissance (and who isn’t?) Between The Lines is the new number for you.

From the get-go, the album’s opener ‘Tomorrow’ gets across those unmistakeable 90s influences, with Britpop-perfect synth melodies crossing over with multi-drum percussion: a bucket hat full of nostalgia. The song is alt-rock rampant, but not without Saint Sappho‘s usual focal points of shoegaze haze, light and dark always mixing. At points in the track, these fusions create a bit too much sonic friction, which doesn’t represent the high quality of the rest of the album to come. But what does lift this song up is its guitar lines; they’re all grunge and energy, emanating 90s legends like Oasis and The Verve in their crowd-pleasing cruises up and down the melody.

Second track and single ‘Once Again’ is a number we got the chance to listen to earlier this year, and its conceptual brilliance overawed us. Lead vocalist and songwriter Young wrote this track after watching a documentary about an earthquake in which someone lost their partner. In all its heartfelt haziness and high stakes, the result is an epic, emotive exploration of reincarnation, existence and love. For a full review of Once Again, click here.

Bold, soul-searching and emotionally charged, ‘Between The Lines’ is a record shaped by the restless spirit of 90s alternative rock and sharpened through a distinctly modern lens. Written, recorded, mixed and produced entirely at home, the album introduces Saint Sappho’s otherworldly, sky-reaching sonic identity from the outset.

Across thirteen tracks, Saint Sappho brandish a truly unique sound that’s both dreamy and nostalgic, as well as prescient and at times, euphoric. ‘Between The Lines’ combines introspective songwriting with the melodic sweep of Britpop, the grit of 90s grunge, the existential melancholy of shoegaze and the widescreen drama of classic alternative rock.

Echoes of bands like R.E.M., The Verve and Manic Street Preachers sit comfortably alongside diverse touchstones, from the riotous energy of Hole to the atmospheric pull of trip-hop and the melodic immediacy of artists such as Avril Lavigne and Meredith Brooks. But rather than simple nostalgia, the influences work as a foundation for something personal. These are emotionally direct songs carried by distorted guitars, expansive arrangements and Young’s unmistakably urgent vocal delivery.

Between the Lines sees Saint Sappho questioning identity, love, grief and the quiet uncertainty of growing into someone new. The songs move between intimate moments and larger, anthemic arrangements, capturing the push and pull between vulnerability and release.