"inside you / was a little monster / you're so uptight / everyone can see it..."
Awash in a folk rattled psychedelic art rock dream, "I Thought You'd Understand" by singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Sam Saunders, moves like a fast spinning memory, or maybe a ghost, or maybe a black and white movie that you walk into in order to escape both of those things. I love the playfully decadent piano notes as if played on an emotional Titanic and the big throbbing, pushing bass lines, the bohemian folk rock drum beat, Saunders vocal countenance with an ever so faint Dylan-esque scowl and passionate lead guitar work.
"I Thought You'd Understand" is from Saunder's current album "Onto-Communication Rescue".
About the album from Liner Notes (bracketed):
[Years in the making, the 12 song LP is an artfully crafted synthesis of classic psychedelic rock, deeply personal songwriting, layered production and post-modern experimentation. Recurrent themes of alienation, subculture, nostalgia, addiction, communication (yes!) and redemption reign supreme. Multi-tracked layers of vocals, guitars and keyboards reside in a dense, dreamy patchwork that recalls the distant past even as it hints at present and future. Multi-instrumentalist Sam Saunders is heavily influenced by John Lennon/The Beatles, David Bowie (all eras!), Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne, Pink Floyd, The Stones, Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, as well as the ambitious late 90’s work of Radiohead, Portishead and The Verve.]
New single and brand new official music video
Recorded at Badge Home Studios Chicago, IL
Produced by Sam Saunders
Video filmed in Playa del Carmen and Tulum Mexico
Sam- acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine
Dennis Velef- vocals
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rQXmGUwYieliMB8HaOuVs
https://www.instagram.com/plasticonosam
https://samsaunders.hearnow.com/
While stopping short at the loaded “concept album” tag, Onto-Communication Rescue is a complete statement. Years in the making, the 12 song LP is an artfully crafted synthesis of classic psychedelic rock, deeply personal songwriting, layered production and post-modern experimentation. Recurrent themes of alienation, subculture, nostalgia, addiction, communication (yes!) and redemption reign supreme. Multi-tracked layers of vocals, guitars and keyboards reside in a dense, dreamy patchwork that recalls the distant past even as it hints at present and future. Multi-instrumentalist Sam Saunders is heavily influenced by John Lennon/The Beatles, David Bowie (all eras!), Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne, Pink Floyd, The Stones, Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, as well as the ambitious late 90’s work of Radiohead, Portishead and The Verve. Saunders favors a live approach to his numerous overdubs, utilizing no digital editing beyond drum loops and no programming beyond drum machines, opting instead to plug in and play in his modest home studio. Saunders is best known for the 2000 LP My Pulse For Future (“refreshingly trippy”…”a new voice in electronic music”- Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times), the decidedly retro Sam Saunders LP of 2005, as well as fronting The Sam Saunders Machine throughout Chicago in the mid to late 2000’s.
Onto-Communication Rescue is available now on Amazon, Apple, iTunes and Spotify.
Recorded at Badge Home Studios Chicago, IL
Produced by Sam Saunders
Video filmed in Playa del Carmen and Tulum Mexico
Sam- acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine
Dennis Velef- vocals
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rQXmGUwYieliMB8HaOuVs
https://www.instagram.com/plasticonosam
https://samsaunders.hearnow.com/
While stopping short at the loaded “concept album” tag, Onto-Communication Rescue is a complete statement. Years in the making, the 12 song LP is an artfully crafted synthesis of classic psychedelic rock, deeply personal songwriting, layered production and post-modern experimentation. Recurrent themes of alienation, subculture, nostalgia, addiction, communication (yes!) and redemption reign supreme. Multi-tracked layers of vocals, guitars and keyboards reside in a dense, dreamy patchwork that recalls the distant past even as it hints at present and future. Multi-instrumentalist Sam Saunders is heavily influenced by John Lennon/The Beatles, David Bowie (all eras!), Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne, Pink Floyd, The Stones, Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, as well as the ambitious late 90’s work of Radiohead, Portishead and The Verve. Saunders favors a live approach to his numerous overdubs, utilizing no digital editing beyond drum loops and no programming beyond drum machines, opting instead to plug in and play in his modest home studio. Saunders is best known for the 2000 LP My Pulse For Future (“refreshingly trippy”…”a new voice in electronic music”- Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times), the decidedly retro Sam Saunders LP of 2005, as well as fronting The Sam Saunders Machine throughout Chicago in the mid to late 2000’s.
Onto-Communication Rescue is available now on Amazon, Apple, iTunes and Spotify.
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