Will Samson

Folklore Sessions Presents

Will Samson

+ Support from Gareth Dickson

22nd October | The Folklore Rooms

£14adv | 18+

Unbound by genre limitations, Will Samson has spent over a decade exploring the spaces between electronic, folk and ambient sounds focused on immersive listening and analogue recording techniques.

Will has released records through labels such as Wichita Recordings / PIAS (Bloc Party, American Football, Ride), 12k (Taylor Deupree, Ryuichi Sakamoto), Dauw and UK dance label Aus Music. Tours have included shows with artists such as Ólafur Arnalds, S. Carey, Kurt Vile, Efterklang, Do Make Say Think and European festival slots at Rewire, Explore The North, Fusion, Le Guess Who? plus many headline tours across the UK and Europe.

Support and coverage have come from BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, CLASH, Mojo, Uncut, Record Collector, Electronic Sound, KEXP, The Sunday Times and Le Monde.

'A beautiful, hushed and contemplative record, the falsetto reminding you of Bon Iver, the intricacy and tenderness recalling kindred spirits such as Nils Frahm and Sufjan Stevens' — The Sunday Times

'A delicate, persuasive balance between ambience and formal song structures...' — MOJO

'Gently cascading acoustics, country lapsteel and glitchy, crunchy tick-tocks... all the components shuffling quietly under the crackle of tape-machines.' — TheLineofBestFit