<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Songs-of-Delay-Cover-Art.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-14862" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Songs-of-Delay-Cover-Art-300x300.jpg" alt="Songs of Delay" width="279" height="279" /></a>Those who soaked in the melancholic beauty of new single,‘<a title="My Love" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/joe-sampson-my-love" target="_blank">My Love</a>’, were given a preview of <a title="Joe Sampson" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/joe-sampson/">Joe Sampson</a>'s ability to muster maximum emotional resonance from the sparest of musical ingredients. With the official release of <a title="Joe Sampson" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/joe-sampson/">Joe Sampson</a>'s stunning new EP, <a title="Songs of Delay" href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-delay" target="_blank"><em>Songs of Delay</em></a> we now present a sublime five-track EP of Sampson's consummate songcraft. If that wasn't enough the EP has graciously been made available for free download so there's no excuse to not become a fan.

Across its 13-minute run-time, Joe Sampson patiently unfurls a perfectly formed suite of acoustic vignettes, each song exuding a gently mesmerising beauty. Stripped back in both instrumentation and execution, with additional vocals by Nathaniel Rateliff on ‘Songbird’, the EP leaves its raw, emotional core exposed, evoking the comfortably sad acoustic tones of Nick Drake or Leonard Cohen. Ornamented with often darkly humorous lyrics, intoned in a soft yet road-worn baritone, Sampson’s intimate, emotive songs draw you in, gradually weaving their subtle magic.

Head over to Joe Sampson's <a title="BandCamp" href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-delay" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> and grab your free download of <em>Songs of Delay</em>. Read more about Joe Sampson <a title="Joe Sampson" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/joe-sampson/">here</a>.
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