Johanna Samuels has shared new single “Rare (The Runner Song)” feat. Madison Cunningham. The track is off Samuels’ new album Sorry, Kid, now out via Odd Man Out Recordings and Jealous Butcher. The LP was recorded to tape and produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, The Killers), the warm, sepia-toned tracks of the record are peppered throughout with features from Samuels’s LA music community: Courtney Marie Andrews, Tyler Ballgame, Erin Rae & many more.

Shares Samuels: “The song is about avoidance. I was feeling like I had nowhere to put my truth and I had this vision of a kettle sitting on a stove whistling out. I identified with the urgency of the teapot but felt like there was an unspoken rule that the kettle wasn’t supposed to make any noise. I liked the image and wrote from there. Of all the songs on the record this one has the most pathos for me.

I think our country is an avoidant nation. We don’t put ourselves in each other’s shoes much. We just run, and run and pursue ourselves. What we’re seeing now is a result of a billion issues and missed opportunities to listen to each other avoided and numbed into temporary submission. I believe turning toward the discomfort of the friction between us all is where the healing lies.”

Johanna Samuels
Sorry, Kid
Odd Man Out Recordings/Jealous Butcher
Tracklisting

White Limousine (feat. Courtney Marie Andrews)
Rare (The Runner Song) (feat. Madison Cunningham)
Circles (feat. Tyler Ballgame)
Blue vs. Pinkerton
Two People, the Moon
Full Story (feat. Jordan Lehning)
Bats (feat. Erin Rae)
The Kind One
Grade 11 (Sorry Kid) (feat. Erin Rae)
Do What I Can
Indelible Within Her

Johanna Samuels 2026 Tour Dates

8/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
8/25 – New York City, NY @ Union Pool
9/4 – Kingston, NY @ Assembly*
9/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*
9/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall*
9/12 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall*
9/13 – Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern*
9/15 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz*
9/16 – Burlington, VT @ Foam Brewers*
9/17 – Manchester, VT @ Billsville House Concerts*
9/18 – Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room*
9/19 – Albany, NY @ Lark Hall*

*with Mikaela Davis

order Sorry, Kid by Johanna Samuels HERE