Black Sands

Black Sands is the musical project of LA-based songwriter and producer Andrew Balfour, a veteran creative whose work exists in contrast — a collision of cinematic beauty and emotional honesty, of darkness and light. For the past five years, Black Sands built a reputation on immersive, genre-bending soundscapes that drew comparisons to alt-pop auteurs like The Kid LAROI The 1975 and Post Malone. But with his newest work, Balfour turns the volume down — and the vulnerability up. The new chapter of Black Sands trades experimental synth pop maximalism for stripped-back songwriting rooted in pop-country, Americana, and hints of pop rock storytelling in the vein of Zach Bryan, Shaboozey and Morgan Wallen. It’s not a reinvention. It’s a homecoming. Black Sands is an awards nominated artist — Hollywood Independent Music Awards, Unsigned Only Songwriting — and has been featured in indie music publications like EARMILK, Rolling Stone, Variance, Atwood Magazine and Wonderland. Working with collaborators across the globe including: KOOLKID, Ruhde, J.O.Y, Rory Hope, 2STRANGE, Jordan Astra, Isadora, LUXXURY, Joe Sheriff, Trenton.