Daffodils & Dirt
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SAM MORTON, the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed actor and director Samantha Morton and music producer and co-songwriter Richard Russell, today announce details of their highly-anticipated debut album. Titled Daffodils & Dirt, the album will be released on 14th June via XL Recordings. Over twelve startling tracks, the pair build a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate yet powerful and tough. The part-autobiographical suite of songs see Russellâs spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Mortonâs gorgeous, ethereal vocal, aided by a cast of musical collaborators that include Alabaster DePlume, Laura Groves, Jack PenÌate and additional vocalist Ali Campbell (on âBroxtowe Girlâ).
Despite a lifelong love of, and involvement in, music, SAM MORTON is Samantha Mortonâs first ever artist project. The collaboration came about after she appeared on Desert Island Discs in October 2020 and Russell happened to be listening. He was struck not only by her song choices (including a shared love of one song in particular: âI Rememberâ by Molly Drake) but by the way the music weaved through her lived experiences. The pair connected and corresponded, swapping ideas, sketches and stream-of-consciousnesses. Finally, months later, they met in the studio and engaged in a period of spontaneous, intense and open-ended collaboration, one which proved to be a cathartic musical process for both parties. Daffodils & Dirt, completed during 2023, is the captivating result.
The album cover artwork features an archive photograph from acclaimed British-American photographer and visual artist Nick Waplington, who documented life on Nottinghamâs Broxtowe Estate at the same time Morton was growing up there in the mid-1980s.
Tracklist
Highwood House
Hungerhill Road
Purple Yellow
The Little White Cloud That Cried
Kaleidoscope
Cry Without End
Broxtowe Girl
Let's Walk In The Night
Greenstone
Double Dip Neon
The Shadow
Loved By God
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SAM MORTON, the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed actor and director Samantha Morton and music producer and co-songwriter Richard Russell, today announce details of their highly-anticipated debut album. Titled Daffodils & Dirt, the album will be released on 14th June via XL Recordings. Over twelve startling tracks, the pair build a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate yet powerful and tough. The part-autobiographical suite of songs see Russellâs spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Mortonâs gorgeous, ethereal vocal, aided by a cast of musical collaborators that include Alabaster DePlume, Laura Groves, Jack PenÌate and additional vocalist Ali Campbell (on âBroxtowe Girlâ).
Despite a lifelong love of, and involvement in, music, SAM MORTON is Samantha Mortonâs first ever artist project. The collaboration came about after she appeared on Desert Island Discs in October 2020 and Russell happened to be listening. He was struck not only by her song choices (including a shared love of one song in particular: âI Rememberâ by Molly Drake) but by the way the music weaved through her lived experiences. The pair connected and corresponded, swapping ideas, sketches and stream-of-consciousnesses. Finally, months later, they met in the studio and engaged in a period of spontaneous, intense and open-ended collaboration, one which proved to be a cathartic musical process for both parties. Daffodils & Dirt, completed during 2023, is the captivating result.
The album cover artwork features an archive photograph from acclaimed British-American photographer and visual artist Nick Waplington, who documented life on Nottinghamâs Broxtowe Estate at the same time Morton was growing up there in the mid-1980s.
Tracklist
Highwood House
Hungerhill Road
Purple Yellow
The Little White Cloud That Cried
Kaleidoscope
Cry Without End
Broxtowe Girl
Let's Walk In The Night
Greenstone
Double Dip Neon
The Shadow
Loved By God
