Samana announce new EP Dharma - 26th May
Samana
Announce new EP ‘Dharma’
Released 26th May 2023 on The Road Records
Watch the video for ‘Seven Years’ here
UK Tour Dates Below
"trembling, gorgeous folk" Gigwise
"a record that truly inspires awe" 9/10 - Line Of Best Fit
"raw, rustic and drowsy" - Uncut
"an alluring cycle of rustic guitar creek and murmured vocal, think Nico, Jarboe, Mazzy Star" - MOJO
In their short but significant history, each Samana release has been imbued with the spirit of the landscape the duo found themselves in while piecing the work together. Formed during a year-long journey through Eastern Europe, the notion of unbridled movement and human interaction has been a constant in their work.
A year on from the acclaimed All One Breath, Samana’s new EP ‘Dharma’ see’s multidisciplinary pair Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett sharing the first songs they’ve completed in their new studio in the Welsh countryside. Diligently using traditional building methods, the pair have been renovating the old farmhouse they now call home over the past four years, pouring their energy into the construction before adding the new creative space.
The fruits of that labour can be found on ‘Dharma’, a line-in-the-sand moment for the band that gets closer to the core of Samana’s expression than ever before. Both artistically and creatively rich, the songs here delve into the very essence of who they are. “These songs are an ode to our lifestyle.” Franklin explains, “from our relocation to the middle of nowhere to the nature we surround ourselves in and the solitary way of life it brings,”
On new track ‘Seven Years’ the soft expansion of its instrumentation provides the EPs most contained moment. Representative of a metaphysical dawn, it searches for forgotten memories, drifting between - or perhaps suspended within - both piercing light and enveloping dark. Rebecca explains;
“‘Seven Years’ evokes the liminal exchange between oneself and the embers that burn within an entrancing fire, fusing fragmented memories and abstract visions, as they emerge, collide and transform into a dream-like sequence. The allegorical tapestry of ‘Seven Years’ is woven with motifs, representative of the physical and metaphysical periods of growth and change, offering us a passage into an artistic exploration of the ancient notion of the seven year cycle; of life itself and that of renewal.”
The film was shot across the breadth of Wales, on super 8 film.
Watch Seven Years here
JUNE TOUR
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June 6th - The Castle - Manchester
June 7th - Kitchen Garden Cafe - Birmingham
June 8th - Omeara - London
June 9th - Hope & Ruin - Brighton
