today British musician Will Samson releases a new single I Will Sing Again Soon’. A hopeful ambient piece that evokes a sense of quiet liberation, the single is now available for streaming on all platforms.

The track is taken from his upcoming LP, ‘Songs of Beginning & Belonging’, set for release on January 31, 2025. The album will be released through the Belgian label Dauw and has been mastered by renowned American electronic musician Taylor Deupree.

Pre-orders for the album are available on Bandcamp.

Taken from his upcoming LP, ‘I Will Sing Again Soon’ was recorded using Will’s 1970s Uher 4200 tape machine, along with a small collection of other tape machines. These devices weave in and out of the album's recordings, shaping its sound in a uniquely beautiful way.

"The track appeared very spontaneously one afternoon, early in 2024. I had just returned home from playing a couple of support shows with my friend S. Carey. He had been using my guitar for the concerts and when I opened up the case, it was still in one of his open tunings.”

“I started aimlessly fiddling around and, before long, it magically appeared in its entirety. Somehow it captures everything I've felt the past few years. All of the big plans, dreams and hopes before the pandemic, that were either sent down a different path or stopped altogether.”
—— Will Samson

In light of the release of the LP ‘Songs of Beginning & Belonging’, Will Samson announces a couple of live dates in Europe including several dates in Portugal and Le Botanique (Belgium) on March 23.

ABOUT THE ALBUM

We spend much of our lives questioning — whether it’s the decisions we’ve made, the work we’ve taken or passed on, or the people we’ve found or left behind. Exploratory ambient musician Will Samson has spent much of his career grappling with questions of belonging and acceptance, both within the music industry and in his personal life.

Having shared stages with artists like Efterklang and Ólafur Arnalds, Samson has long felt like an outsider, caught between being “too experimental” for some and “too indie” for others. His struggle to fit into a defined space has deeply influenced his music.

His new album “Songs of Beginning & Belonging” are reflections on these experiences. Moving away from the themes of home and displacement that coloured his earlier works, the new album reflects a sense of inner peace and renewal. It is a delicate, meditative collection that underscores Samson’s growth as an artist and a person, driven by a desire to move past old wounds and start anew.

“This album is about freeing myself from old wounds and starting fresh and light; I now feel settled in ways I haven’t ever done before”
— Will Samson

Songs of Beginning & Belonging is an album that feels at once delicately sparse, at times even symphonic, but is tied together by a repeated and palpable feeling of quiet liberation - a determination for things to move forward rather than reflecting back on what’s come before.

Recorded between November 2022 and May 2024 in Will’s former studio, a secluded spot on the River Tejo in Almada, which he shared with Casper Clausen of Efterklang), the album was made specifically for Dauw, who had asked Will to create a piece of music for them. The album was, as always, largely recorded using his 1970's 'Uher 4200' tape machine, plus a small collection of other tape machines that wind their way in and out of the recordings and shape in it in a beautifully singular way.

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