Sam Burton Shares New Song “Free Again”
Sam Burton has shared his his new track from his forthcoming album ‘Fairweather Friend’ arriving October 30th
Listen + watch the music video for the third single “Free Again” now
& Catch him on North American + UK/EU tour dates with Aldous Harding and Widowspeak
Sam Burton has spent the past month on the road with Aldous Harding playing packed rooms across North America with his two-man band (him and Matt Popieluch of Big Search).
Today, he shares “Free Again,” a poetic third single from his forthcoming record ‘Fairweather Friend.’
“Free Again is a song about finding yourself in forgiveness,” says Burton.
Fairweather Friend sees the Palestinian-American musician at his most confident and self assured. The album was announced last month alongside the release of single “I’m A Stranger” which was listed as one of Rolling Stone’s Songs You Need to Know and was covered by Billboard, Earmilk, Austin Town Hall and more.
Watch: Official Music Video for Free Again
Fairweather Friend began in the wake of a bad car accident while on tour with the band Burton was in during and post-pandemic. He and his bandmates were lucky to be alive. Struggling with guilt—Burton had been driving at the time, though the accident wasn’t his fault—they bonded through a process of healing together; he was moved by and deeply grateful for their love and support. Then the project split. Some relationships ended, others started, and Burton left for a series of tours playing solo, stripped-down sets for bigger audiences. Back in Los Angeles, he began writing again.
You can pre-order the album now on CD & Limited Edition Bone Vinyl.
Burton, who records all his songs live, first returned to the studio with Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Coner Oberst), who also produced Burton’s last record Dear Departed. When they’d finished, he wanted to try cutting a few of the songs again. Since Wilson was already busy with other projects, Burton and his bandmates went into his drummer Pierce Gibson’s studio, Recorders, in Echo Park. The portion of the record they cut there was directed and arranged by Burton and the band, done without a producer in the communal spirit of connection and love that had bonded the band together in the first place. You can hear it on those tracks. When the record was finished, Burton says for him, a cycle felt like it had completed; a new one could begin.