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Thank you to Gig Soup for their feature on ‘All One Breath’
“Samana return with the lo-fi psychedelic pop of new single ‘All One Breath’. Named by Elbow frontman Guy Garvey as his ‘Artist Of The Year’ on his BBC 6Music show, the sumptuous combination of Rebecca Rose Harris’s dulcet vocals and Franklin Mockett’s gently haunting piano can be streamed below.”
“Samana have steadily released singles throughout the last, troubled, 12 months – in places tapping into a cosmic Americana – folk and bottleneck blues – a music inspired, offered up, by wide open spaces, and ever changing horizons. From the slow, dark, funk of The Spirit Moving – whose intricate, winding, “snakes pass” playing summons an Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone score – giving Khruangbin a run for their money – to the gospel-influenced The Glory Of Love, and the new piano-led piece, All One Breath.”
“One the song, a lonesome piano underpins the dulcet yearning tones of Rebecca Rose’s voice on Samana’s new piece. It’s haunting and hypnotic in its minimalism, sitting somewhere between Tim Buckley and PJ Harvey with shades of Nick Cave and Mazzy Star Described by Guy Garvey simply as “remarkable”, the duo were named by the Elbow frontman last year as his artist of the year.”
“Described by Elbow frontman Guy Garvey as his ‘Artist of the Year’ on his 6music show, Welsh duo Samana (aka Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett) have released a new single All One Breath, which we’re absolutely delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia this morning.
Describing the track as “a rumination of our interrelations with nature, and the impressions we carve on the world which surrounds us. Wisdom has been exchanged for naivety, which took the guise of intelligence, but the solution is buried within the ancestral part of each and every one of us”, the pair recorded it, mixed and produced it somewhere remote in France.
Built on this emotion soaked piano line and Harris’ remarkable vocal, All One Breath hints at psych-folk, but also moments of neo-classical as this wash of vocal sounds laps gently between verses. What transpires is a song where you almost daren’t make a noise, for fear it might interrupt things.
In simple terms, it’s heart-stoppingly beautiful.”
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“I’ve played this a lot but its because It’s excellent. Its from their album Ascension and I can’t recommend anything more highly. This is the sound of art meeting love in a very real way.”
- Guy Garvey BBC 6 Music
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Dear Friends,
Its’ been a strange year. One of demand, emotion and severity on all accounts. This time has revealed the importance of drawing close in spirit and energy to those you love to offer and receive strength and support. On the 20th January we will be sharing with you our next creation; one to hold close, together. Until then we are sending all our love to you all.
“Thats so beautiful! Channelled in the spirit of Cowboy Junkies, lambchop and a bit of Ry Cooder in there as well.” - Adam Walton
“Samana are probably my artist of the year and definitely my favourite find of the year!” - Guy Garvey
"Samana’s music seems to exist at the meeting point of a variety of genres, one second they’re dipping their toes into the psych-folk sounds of the 1960’s, the next they’re channelling Mazzy Star-like dream pop, or twanging nods to the Delta Blues. The pair always seem to find a way to root their music into the idea of connection, their songs are stories of humanity, nature and the pursuit of understanding. Their music seems to tap into something that’s almost out of fashion in music now; a wide-eyed desire to explore freedom, the natural world and community, to tap into something bigger than the self and to find a different way to live life outside of the everyday."
A huge thank you to Clash Magazine for premiering our music video for 'Live For The Road'
"Surging, beatific songwriting, there's an Autumn charm to Samana's work, a kind of gilded appeal that resonates with folk charm" - CLASH
