"Blood Moon Honeymoon" by Sam Miller with Lizzy Rose and Chris Cunningham feels like folk punk in a midnight movie

"musical lightning in a bottle"

Sometimes you find an old shirt way back in the hidden recesses of your closet and while you weren't fond of this dress shirt with camel drawings on it in the past, you find it now and it has a new luster, it looks amazing in fact. Sometimes that same thing happens with art, with songs recorded and tucked away in the vault (so to speak). This is the case with the song Blood Moon Honeymoon by Sam Miller with support by Lizzy Rose and Chris Cunningham. It is a "tragic self love story" that feels dreamy and sort of caustic at the same time, it is cut out of torn cloth, it feels like folk punk existing in a midnight movie. I really dig it and asked Sam about it's story:

"It was written and recorded in one night while on tour in 2014. Lizzy Rose and I had played in Seattle the night before and we were staying with Chris Cunningham, lead singer/songwriter of the Seattle band Ravenna Woods, who had an awesome studio in his basement. We were relating pessimistic stories of past romances which organically led to this collaboration. 

I had been playing around with some of the lines and melodies over the past week--and together with Lizzy and Chris, a complete song took shape. Chris played the drums (just snare drum) and Lizzy sang backup vox. The whole recording and mix, involving overdubbing guitar, piano and bass, took just a few hours (this is extremely rare for me). The track was little sloppy and I considered it a demo of sorts--until years later, listening back, I came to appreciate its rawness and charm. Now, I wouldn't think of trying to rerecord it, haha. It's interesting how the songwriting and recording process can vary from one piece to the next." 

Yes, Sam and Lizzy and Chris, don't change a thing. It is perfect, lightning in a bottle created at one moment in time because it was meant to be.

-Robb Donker Curtius




THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

This is a tragic self-love story; taking yourself out on others

Sam Miller is an American multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer. He has released two full-length studio albums, In One Place at a Time (2019) and You Need To Hear It (2014).

Sam Miller: https://sammillermusician.com/

Chris Cunningham: http://www.ravennawoodsblog.com/

Lizzy Rose: https://www.queenelixabeth.com/



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