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Jordan Lehning has been a musician I’ve admired since I was a teenager so when he asked me if I wanted to make music together I jumped at the chance. I try to write everyday as an exercise and the songs for this came quite fluidly. The whole project came together in a short amount of time and was recorded at The Duck in Nashville, TN. In this past year I came into a new sense of fierceness within myself and I think the music is reflective of it in tone.
In “A Little Longer” Samuels captivates with her signature tender melodies and observations of everyday truths so astute it makes the mundane, poetic and worthwhile. The first single from her forthcoming EP, “First and the Last” , reminds us of the excitement and curiosity that uncertainty can bring when we don’t focus on the fear. “A Little Longer” is a big light in the darkness.
“I was lucky enough to make the music video for this with the multi-talented Paige Starke. She shot it on super 8 film on a day of adventuring. This day of shooting was such a perfect one… full of laughter, playfulness and experimentation. I think she captured the song’s energy perfectly and that though it’s a lighthearted video, a lot of tenderness and emotion is conveyed in it.” – Johanna Samuels
The recordings were also extremely joyful to create. There was a profound amount of laughing and hamming in the studio and I can only hope that comes thru to its listeners in this collection as well. I felt lucky to have my old friend and incredible drummer Dom Billet on the EP. I hope that these songs are interpreted with a sense of levity and joy as they explore the more nuanced elements of love and self.
releases June 21, 2024