<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Chansons-de-Parade-Cover-Art.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-15209 " src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Chansons-de-Parade-Cover-Art-300x300.jpg" alt="Chansons de Parade" width="173" height="173" /></a>We're excited to announce the official release of <a title="Joe Sampson" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/joe-sampson/">Joe Sampson</a>'s stunning new release <em>Chansons de Parade</em>, featuring the single '<a title="Wealth" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/joe-sampson-wealth" target="_blank">Wealth</a>'. The album is available now exclusively via <a title="Chansons de Parade" href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/chansons-de-parade" target="_blank">BandCamp</a> as a "pay what you want" and will also be available via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon et al later next week. Joe will be launching the album tonight (Dec 1st) with label mate <a title="Kramies" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/kramies/" target="_blank">Kramies </a>in support at the <a title="Chansons de Parade Launch" href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2719940" target="_blank">Ubisububi Room</a> in Denver

The follow-up to his acclaimed EP <a title="Songs of Delay" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/joe-sampson/"><em>Songs of Delay</em></a> released earlier this year, <em>Chansons de Parade</em> is another exquisitely crafted collection of songs from Joe Sampson, with an uncanny ability to quietly get under your skin. While drawing from the musical spirit of Simon &amp; Garfunkel, Iron &amp; Wine, and Low, the songs on <em>Chansons de Parade</em> sound familial rather than familiar. Combining haunting yet playful lyrical narratives, a mesmerising road-worn baritone vocal, and a delicious melodic sensibility, these nine songs feel like long-term friends from the first listen. The music’s intimacy, gently lilting country slant and spacious, restrained instrumentation add depth and resonance to Sampson’s rustic folk influences.
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