Samantha Crain - Under Branch & Thorn & Tree (2015)

Following 2013's critically-acclaimed album Kid Face, singer-songwriter Samantha Crain will see her fourth album, Under Branch & Thorn & Tree, released on Full Time Hobby. The new album was recorded and mixed at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, and produced by John Vanderslice, (The Mountain Goats, Spoon) who also helmed Kid Face. The albums intimate vignettes are marked by Crains smoldering vocals and lyrics that call attention to the details of everyday life that often escape us, supported by the subtle musical settings she crafted with Vanderslice and the backing musicians. They brought in engineer Bernie Grundman, who worked on Michael Jacksons Thriller, Dr. Dres The Chronic, Princes Purple Rain and Carole Kings Tapestry to do the mastering.