{"id":32887,"date":"2023-02-28T14:13:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=32887"},"modified":"2023-02-26T15:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:52:46","slug":"never-let-you-go-by-sam-himself-out-now-riyl-the-war-on-drugs-the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/never-let-you-go-by-sam-himself-out-now-riyl-the-war-on-drugs-the-national\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Never Let You Go’ by Sam Himself Out Now; RIYL The War on Drugs, The National"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
SAM HIMSELF SHARES SECOND ALBUM <\/strong>NEVER LET ME GO<\/em><\/strong>
>>> Listen to the album <\/strong>here<\/a> <<<<\/strong>>>> Watch video for focus track \u201cHeartland\u201d <\/strong>here<\/a> <<<<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Credit: Stefan Tschumi \u00a9 2022 Sam Himself \/\/\/ Press kit <\/em>here<\/a> \/\/\/ Photos <\/em>here<\/a>
The ten-track LP marks the latest collaboration of Swiss-born, Gotham-bred indie rocker Sam Koechlin with his longtime producer \/ “Second Beatle” <\/a>Daniel Schlett<\/a> (Iggy Pop; The War on Drugs) and mastering engineer <\/a>Greg Calbi<\/a> (David Bowie; Bruce Springsteen), and features <\/a>Chris Egan<\/a> (Solange; Blood Orange) on drums and <\/a>Josh “JD” Werner<\/a> (Ghostface Killah; CocoRosie) on bass.
Never Let Me Go<\/em><\/strong> beams with the promise of a reopening world whose studios, stages and dance floors we will finally get to share again \u2014 or lose once more at any moment. Of the album, Koechlin says, \u201cSuspended between faith and fear, hope and its opposite, Never Let Me Go<\/em> is equal parts plea and reckoning in more than name.\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"Alongside the album premieres a\u00a0music video<\/a>\u00a0for the track \u201cHeartland<\/strong>\u201d featuring collaged footage from the road emblematic of this joyful, anxious return to togetherness.
Previously, singles\u00a0Mr. Rocknroll<\/a>\u00a0(Nov 11),\u00a0Golden Days<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Sept 16) and\u00a0<\/em>Never Let Me Go<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(July 22), the album’s title track, offered a taste of what to expect from the “King of Tears<\/a>\u2019” (Radiot\u00e9l\u00e9vision Suisse<\/em>) sophomore effort: a soundtrack for the first day after what looked like the last \u2014 fueled by the bliss of newfound personal connections and the thrill of going back on the road with his band \u2014 and a stark contrast to his somber debut album,\u00a0Power Ballads<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0a largely home-recorded yet \u201cwell-crafted set of atmospheric post-punk<\/a>\u201d (KEXP<\/em>). Released in 2021, the two-time Swiss Music Award nominee\u2019s first LP dealt with the bleak, lonely time during which it was written.\u00a0To promote his second LP, Sam recently announced the first leg of his\u00a0European Tour<\/a>\u00a0in early 2023, confirming stops in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg and Zurich, with more to follow (incl. a string of US dates this spring and several European festival shows in the summer) after closing out a busy 2022 with his\u00a0second collaboration with the Basel Symphony Orchestra<\/a>.\u00a0

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