Name: A Small Death
Brand: Samantha Crain

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RLKND001

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Mintpak, Matt Board, Booklet on Offset Paper.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-07-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060496183880

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Samantha Crain

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Real Kind Records

Samantha Crain is an American songwriter, musician, and singer hailing from Shawnee, Oklahoma. Born on August 15, 1986, she has established herself as a talented artist in the music industry.
With her unique blend of folk and indie rock influences, Samantha's music captivates audiences with its heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies. Her songs resonate with listeners on a deep level, exploring themes of love, loss, and personal growth.
Inspired by artists such as Laura Veirs, Basia Bulat, and Jesca Hoop among others *similar artists*, Samantha's sound is both familiar yet distinctly her own. Her captivating performances have earned her a dedicated fan base around the world.

After releasing her previous album in 2017, Samantha Crain thought she would never make music again. Instead she found herself trying to work out how to live without the use of her hands, which had become paralysed. However, with a steeliness and concrete determination to at least employ music as a pastime, if no longer professionally, she tasked herself with perseverance in finding her way back to health. And she never gave up. 

Somehow, the paralysis in her hands eventually abated, and Samantha was able to transfer the music that she had been able to dream up in her head to the guitar and then to record in what she describes as a miraculous “bonus round” to her career. 

This new found appreciation and gratitude for still being able to make music professionally can be heard throughout Samantha’s new album, A Small Death. It’s a record that brims with hope and a deft wryness, packed with the sort of melodies and stories that have been warming the hearts of those so familiar with and fond of her work over the years. There are plenty of people who know precisely what this Oklahoman is capable of and they have the records to attest to it.

Samantha’s unlikely return to music has an additional chapter - in 2019, after playing a show together, Lucy Rose was so moved by the music she heard coming from Crain on stage that it inspired her to turn a long-held pipe dream into a reality: Rose would launch her own record label, with Samantha Crain’s A Small Death as the first album to be released.

A Small Death

Music GB

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