"[4] She had received classical piano lessons as a child and, from the age of 15, was in an advanced music group at school, "I picked up guitar from the boys in the class, because all we really did was sit around and jam.
[5] As a singer she joined a covers band, performing "I See Red" (originally by Split Enz) and "Get Back" (the Beatles).
[4] Sandrine left New Zealand and moved to Sydney, where she was briefly in a Lynyrd Skynyrd covers band before travelling overseas at 17.
[6] She released her debut studio album, Trigger, in November of that year, all its tracks were co-written by Daniels and Skeet.
"[10] Carmine Pascuzzi of MediaSearch felt, "it's great to see new female singing talent continue through the Australian music landscape.
"[11] Sandrine moved to the United States to record her second album, Dark Fades into Light (August 2006), working with producer, Malcolm Burn (Daniel Lanois, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Chris Whitley) at Maison Bleue Studios, Kingston.
[12] In North America it was issued via Nettwerk Records initially in 2007 and again in April 2008, with an additional track, "Late Night Insominia".
Her efforts paid off, because Dark is a far more mature affair, with Burn's production astutely drawing out Sandrine's best and showcasing it brilliantly.
Even so, this is still a pop set, but a very sophisticated one, even as the young singer's ingenuous sweetness tinged with naïveté remains on display, undisturbed by the eloquent trappings Burn's creates.
[14] AllMusic's William Ruhlmann reviewed the soundtrack and observed, "Often, the music sounds just one step – and a sensitive lyric – from developing into a pop/rock ballad.