Live Review
Live Review
Here are photographs from our time on tour in February and a snippet of a live review of our stripped back performance at the Deaf Institute in Manchester
☆
“The core duo of Rebecca and Franklin are present and correct though and the essence of this project is very much apparent as their half-hour set, performed barefooted, feels like a spiritual journey full of drama and passion. Vocal harmonies from the guys augment the centrepiece which is Rebecca's showstopping voice that stops you in your tracks and draws you in. That intensity is replicated in the visuals as the three of them are absolutely lost in the moment of their art. It's a statement that encapsulates what Samana are about and stand for - a means of escape through music that shuts everything else out and focuses on the mind and soul.”
Uncut Magazine
Thank you to Uncut Magazine for the album review!
“Mistaking Samana for a product of the Deep South is easy when their second album sounds so raw, rustic and drowsy, but it was actually recorded hiding in a barn in the French countryside at lockdown's start.”
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‘All One Breath’ is out on the 11th March and we literally can’t wait to share it with you and to perform it on tour in March charged with intense emotion and electric energy
On Tour
And so it begins.. we’ve hit the road, joining the Smoke Fairies on tour around the UK, performing as a stripped back three piece across the UK until the 16th February before heading off on our UK album tour with our full band from the 21st - 26th March
Mojo Review
Wow!!! A huge thank you to Mojo Magazine for voting our album one of the best of 2022 and for giving ‘All One Breath’ a mighty four stars! Pre-order the album here and get tickets to our up coming tour here.
~ All One Breath is out on the 11th March ~
★
“Just when the album seems locked into an alluring cycle of rustic guitar creak and murmured vocals - think Nico, Jarboe, Mazzy Star - the spare piano-led title track and squalling finale to Patience, puncture the reverie, if not its anaesthetising reach”
-Mojo Magazine
Louder Than War
Thank you to Louder Than War for their article about our new video for ‘Patience’
“The new video for their recent track Patience was created in collaboration with director and filmmaker Benjamin Wigley. Although hinting at eerie scenes of folk horror, the video casts a spell and conjures up a dreamlike scenery of Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov’s films. In terms of the plot, the ten-minute film contains three parts, where six minutes of the original song are followed by a hypnotic ambient soundtrack.
The band elaborates on the concept of the video: “The film is a metamorphosis; a pilgrimage between the realms of the seen and the unseen. It draws upon the mysticism of ancient mythology and folklore and pays homage to the silent magic that exists within the immemorial wisdom of nature.”
Patience
’Patience’ the latest track to be taken from our forthcoming LP 'All One Breath' (now out March 11th) is released today!
Patience is a poem that manifests the velocity of movement; the movement of the body, the mind and the spirit. The song feels like a confession, a release and a realisation, with the words and music running parallel in dialogue to navigate a journey of transcendence between a pendulum of two states.
The video for Patience was a collaboration between ourselves and brilliant film-maker Benjamin Wigley, created with ceremony and ritual during the transitioning of the summer solstice in the vast landscapes of North Wales. The film is a metamorphosis; a pilgrimage between the realms of the seen and the unseen. It draws upon the mysticism of ancient mythology and folklore and pays homage to the silent magic that exists within the immemorial wisdom of nature.
Changes
Hello beauties,
This past year has been somewhat similar to a hike in the mountains, an undulating landscape full of ascents and descents, twists and turns through different terrains. Sadly due to worldwide delays hitting vinyl manufacturing as a result of Covid-19, the release date of our album ‘All One Breath’ has been postponed until the 11th March. You will likely hear from the store you have pre-ordered from and likewise, if ordered directly from our site, albums will be dispatched for the new release date. The wait will be well worth it, we promise you that! Exciting times are ahead, with new releases, new news and our UK tour drawing ever closer. Join us for some shamanistic, hypnotic, poetical magic; get hold of your tickets here!
BBC 6 Music
A huge thank you to Guy Garvey for championing ‘Melancholy Heat’ on his amazing Sunday show on BBC 6 Music
“ I absolutely love these guys”
. If you missed it you can listen here
New Music/Film
The beautiful, mystical, folklore enshrouded video for our new track ‘Patience’ will be with you soon, weaving dimensions of time and perception into a beautiful 16mm short film in collaboration with the brilliant Benjamin Wigley. We shot this conceptual piece over the transitioning of the summer solstice at some very sacred locations in north Wales. Stay alert.
New Show
We have the pleasure of announcing that we have added a new date to the tour: The wonderful ‘Hot Tin Church’ in Faversham on the 26th March.
New Material This Month!
Our album ‘All One Breath’ is out in 3 weeks on the 28th of January on numerous formats, there will also be some bundle options to get your hands on, including the exclusive dinked version, of which only 400 are available. The creation of this album was such a precious journey, forged during of the first lockdown. It conjures distant landscapes, internal monologues, the interpretation of dreams and musings. Pre-order yours now!
February Support Tour With The Smoke Fairies
We are so thrilled to announce that we will be supporting the Smoke Fairies on their UK tour, kicking off on the 8th February before our album tour in March! We’re so excited to have the opportunity to share wonderful and memorable evenings with you all through the connection that is music over the next couple of months! Get your tickets whilst they last.
BBC 6 Music
A big thank you to Guy Garvey for playing Harvest on BBC 6 music and coining it his most played song of 2021. We always appreciate the steadfast support of all of you who stand beside and behind us as we voyage forwards with our creations. It has been a difficult time for musicians and artists, but to feel your love and energy always resonates deeply with us. Our second album ‘All One Breath’ is coming out on January 28th and we welcome the newfound journeys this will take us on with you all. Harvest is a song about belief, feeling and trust - “you must feel to believe” and this is something we really wish to take forwards into the next year. Here is a photograph of us at the beginning of Samana, sitting in a field deep in the heart of Wales with the light of the full moon illuminating the horizon behind us
17.12.21
Get your tickets to our next show co-headlining with the wonderful Pillow at St Michaels Church in Brighton on the 17th December. Its going to be magical. Click below to secure your tickets now!
Brighton - 21st November Concert
We are playing at The Green Door Store in Brighton on the 21st November. Make sure you purchase some tickets and bring yourself along to what is going to be one beautiful, powerful evening with us and the full band!
London 17th November
We are performing a stripped back set supporting Black Sea Dahu at The Grace in London on Wednesday the 17th November. Expect some serious choral three part harmonies and ambient waves of ethereal piano and electric guitar.
'All One Breath' Exclusive T-shirt
Pre-order your exclusive album T-shirt only available online here
'All One Breath' Dinked Edition
We are so proud to be a part of the Dinked Family.
You can pre-order a copy of our exclusive Dinked edition from all listed independent UK record stores!
'The Beach' - Out Now
“Thankfully, we have ‘All One Breath’, an emotional, mysterious, and mesmerising snapshot of a time and place that was, initially, uniquely informed by its own limitations but found its release, its spark and energy in the great depths of intrigue and imagination. And aren’t we the lucky ones?”
- Folk Radio
And it has that quality that is so Samana. It unfolds at a leisurely, narcotic pace, acoustic chords a subtle earthing for Rebecca’s deep dulcet lyric and lazy, psychedelic guitar touches. It’s the sound of a hot July day with crickets humming, some hitherto unvisited medieval church in the distance; the smell of ozone and gunmetal clouds gathering in the distance, threatening to break the lazy heat.
For me they create a music almost entirely of themselves; the only artists working nearby I can think of is the pre-Mazzy Star outfit of David Roback and Kendra Smith, Opal. And Samana seem to push beyond that into a different, more organic mystery.