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 reveal the latest track to be taken from their highly-anticipated Daffodils & Dirt debut album. As signalled by its title, ‘Double Dip Neon’ – out now – is the album’s danciest moment, with Morton’s vocal floating over dubby beats and bass (and a sample of Stirling Void’s ‘It’s Alright’) that pay subtle homage to house and rave.
LISTEN TO ‘DOUBLE DIP NEON’ HERE
SAM MORTON’s debut album Daffodils & Dirt 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 Russell’s spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Morton’s gorgeous, ethereal vocal, aided by a cast of musical collaborators that include Alabaster DePlume, Laura Groves, Jack Peñate and additional vocalist Ali Campbell (on “Broxtowe Girl”). Daffodils & Dirt also features the previous singles ‘Let’s Walk In The Night’, ‘Cry Without End’ and ‘Hungerhill Road’, which appeared on SAM MORTON’s vinyl-only debut 7”.
Despite a lifelong love of, and involvement in, music, SAM MORTON is Samantha Morton’s 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: ‘I Remember’ 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.
Available digitally and on CD, LP and exclusive indie-store yellow vinyl LP, Daffodils & Dirt is available to pre-order here. The album cover artwork features an archive photograph from acclaimed British-American photographer and visual artist Nick Waplington, who documented life on Nottingham’s Broxtowe Estate at the same time Morton was growing up there in the mid-1980s.
Meanwhile, having made their live debut with a sold out show at London’s Below Stone Nest in March, SAM MORTON have announced details of their biggest headline show to date. The event will take place at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London on 20th June with tickets available from Thursday 28th March. For full details, head here. In addition, they have been confirmed on the lineup for Massive Attack’s “Act 1.5” event in Bristol (25th August) and End of the Road Festival (31st August), alongside in-store events at Rough Trade Nottingham (performance and signing, 14th June) and Rough Trade East (performance, Q&A and signing, 16th June)
SAM MORTON will also make their live TV performance debut this weekend, appearing on Later… With Jools Holland on Saturday 18th May alongside IDLES, Elbow, Lainey Wilson and Myles Smith. The episode will be available to watch here.
SAM MORTON – Daffodils & Dirt
XL Recordings 14th June 2024
- 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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