Sam Morton, the musical project of singer, multi/artist Samantha Morton and music producer and co-songwriter Richard Russell,  recently, the duo shared  their first new music since the release of their debut album Daffodils & Dirt, which dropped earlier this year. Today, via have shared new single “Never Understand”,  their own unique version of Ibrahim Hesnawi’s 1980’s cult classic; a drum-heavy, melancholic dub-inspired rendition that acts as an experimental tribute to the “The Libyan Father of Reggae”. The single is accompanied by a Samantha Morton-directed video that acts as a companion piece to her stunning video for Daffodils & Dirt single “Let’s Walk In Tbe Night”

Sam Morton’s ’s debut album Daffodils & Dirt was released on 14th June via XL Recordings. 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 their vinyl-only debut 7”.

Despite a lifelong love of, and involvement in, music, Sam Morton is 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 in 2023.

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