On 26 October 2012 Blasko issued her fourth studio album , '' I Awake '' , which reached No . 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart . To start recording tracks she had travelled first to Sweden earlier in the year and then in May went on to Sofia where she was backed by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra with strings arranged by Nicholas Wales . Blasko produced the album on her own as her preferred choice , Yttling , was unavailable . Beat Magazine 's Chris Girdler noted " it has a completely different feel to '' Seeker Lover Keeper '' ... and is an insular , soul-searching piece that gets its balance from Blasko 's gorgeous vocal guiding us through the trials and tribulations , as well as a sympathetic symphonic instrumentation " . Craig Mathieson at '' The Age '' noted her last two albums were " starkly personal song cycles , staffed by jazz-inflected rhythms , sparsely exotic textures and a relentless sense of an artist getting to grips with her life . But if the previous record embraced solitude as a means of self-control , then the new one tackles coming to grips with the outside world " . To promote the album , in February the next year , she toured every Australian state : where she invited the local capital city orchestra to accompany her on stage . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 Blasko was nominated for Best Female Artist and Best Contemporary Adult Album
ARIA Music Awards of 2013
ARIA Music Awards of 2013
Sarah Blasko