Samuel Jack’s breakout single ‘Feels Like Summer’ has exceeded 100 million streams, and as the season arrives each year it becomes the soundtrack to a new audience’s life-affirming experiences with sun-kissed memories, first loves and unforgettable memories. Now Samuel Jack puts a fresh spin on that shimmering feeling as he shares his brand new single ‘California Sun’. Listen HERE. It comes ahead of his remarkable second album, ‘One Last Dance In The Valley’, which follows on September 25th and is available to pre-save HERE.
‘California Sun’ is a tribute to the state that has become Samuel’s home-from-home: a place that has fuelled his creativity and kickstarted adventures that would’ve been unthinkable even just a decade ago. The song’s searing soul is powered by warm, organic live instrumentation and the full-spirited soul of his gritty vocal talent. It’s a song that captures the big dreams of Los Angeles life – but also one that can be a simmering summer soundtrack all over the globe.
Samuel says, “This song is an ode, a love letter, a thank you. No one knows me like California, and there’s nothing like the ‘California Sun’ to remind me to keep dreaming.”
An engaging live performance video of ‘California Sun’ will follow on Monday. It was recorded at The Crypt in London with his full live band.
As the song indicates, the ‘One Last Dance In The Valley’ album was largely written during Samuel’s time in Los Angeles. While The Golden State provides an evocative backdrop and context, the songs are dominated by his personal truths: love, lust, yearning, optimism, memories that should be forgotten yet still linger even when so far from home. All issues of following your heart and trusting your gut instinct. As he attests, he would love for the album to provide the comfort that his own favourite records have given him in the past.
And his influences are prevalent through the record, touching on Sam Cooke, BB King and Van Morrison. But its punchy, dynamic production roots in the present day, too. Whether he’s bringing big beat to the ‘60s R&B of ‘Sweeter’, exploring dub soul on ‘Easy To Me’, or merging pop and gospel with ‘At The Higher Ground’, Samuel’s voice is phenomenal.
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