Sam Barber - Broken View - VINYL LP

Album Tracks 1. Nearness 2. Common Ground 3. Balance 4. Salt Water 5. Revolve 6. Samurai 7. Midnight Blue 8. Firefly 9. Sirens 10. 237Am

An '80s vibe finds new life in the form of multi-talented musician Sam Millar's debut solo record. Titled InchVirtual Summer,Inch it's 14 slabs of the slickest sounds this side of a hot pink Mustang with the top down and the stereo way, way up. Millar has played and toured as a guitarist for years in other bands, but it wasn't until the pandemic that his love of the sunny-side-up sparked the idea to try his own hand at that perfect balance of catchy choruses and timeless melody. Album Tracks 1. The Killing Floor 2. Fooling Yourself 3. Something I'll Regret 4. When the Summer Ends 5. Chardonnay 1. Showbiz 2. Forget You 3. Dancing on My Own 4. DÉJÀ Vu 5. Neanderthal Man 6. Meet Me Halfway

Dear Departed, the second album from Sam Burton, arose from a time of rebirth. In the last few years, Burton basically started over. He temporarily abandoned the life he'd built in Los Angeles and spent time with friends and family friends in rural Utah and California. After all that time wandering, couch-surfing and writing, Burton emerged with more than enough material for his sophomore outing. He joined up with producer Jonathan Wilson to craft a more intricate, layered sound that recalled the lived-in yet immediate singer-songwriter albums of the '60s and '70s. Together they achieved a sound that didn't descend into retro pastiche, but rather became an evocative echo, a dream of the past. In scope, it finds Burton using a far bigger canvas than on his debut, giving the emotions therein a new sense of urgency and intensity. But the album still has an intimacy to it, like Burton and his backing musicians are crammed onto the corner stage of a smoke-filled bar in a long lost time. A1. Pale Blue Night A2. I Don't Blame You A3. Long Way Around A3. Coming Down On Me A5. Empty Handed B1. Maria B2. I Go To Sleep B3. Looking Back Again B4. My Love B5. A Place To Stay Album Tracks 1. Pale Blue Night 2. I Don't Blame You 3. Long Way Around 4. Coming Down on Me 5. Empty Handed 6. Maria 7. I Go to Sleep 8. Looking Back Again 9. My Love 10. A Place to Stay