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<h1>Joe Sampson</h1>
<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Joe_Sampson_Porch_Glenn_Ross.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-14378" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Joe_Sampson_Porch_Glenn_Ross-300x200.jpg" alt="Joe Sampson | Photo by Glenn Ross" width="300" height="200" /></a><em>“The quiet beauty of Joe Sampson’s music comes from its stark simplicity, haunting textures and dark mystery”</em> – <strong>The Denver Post</strong>

Joe Sampson is the champion of the musical understatement, each song exuding a gently mesmerising beauty. His music evokes 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.<a title="Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/usetonaut" target="_blank">
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<h3>Discography</h3>
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<h4>Songs of Delay</h4>
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September 2016

<em>Songs of Delay</em> is a sublime five-track EP of consummate songcraft. 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.

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<h3>Biography</h3>
Since his childhood days singing in his family’s barbershop quartet, up through his years collaborating with celebrated musicians like Nathaniel Rateliff and Esme Patterson, Joe Sampson has steadily sharpened his sound and style, becoming one of Denver’s most celebrated songwriters. <span class="_5yl5">Westword named him Songwriter of the Year in 2008, describing his work as “combining the emotional weight of acoustic breakup albums like Beck’s Sea Change or Ryan Adams’ Heartbreaker with an aw-fuck-it humour.”</span>

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<h3>News</h3>
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<h3>Lyrics</h3>
<h4><em>Songs of Delay</em></h4>
<strong>Songbird</strong> I am a songbird too Long before I met you So come let me sing you a song It won't do no harm I am a long boy blue Long before I had you So come let me sing you a song It won't do no harm Friends at bay Friends no more you passed your day as a friendly sort What could you prove What did you move When you said Ahh…is that what you do? Moon on the Rise There's a moon on the Rise Reflecting off the tide Then, reflecting off those tired eyes There's no boating home All I want to do is spend my days on glue And drink for a while until I smile All I want to do is spend my days on glue And drink for a while until I smile What i wish to lose is those days with the fucking blues sing for a while Until we smile Dream on Demon Two other sons And there was nothing Dream on Demon Stick around Because we're used to hand me downs And its a cold walk To get into your town Belong to us Hang around To abuse the common ground And its a cold walk To get into your town For a cold one That I’d rather watch drown there is no one at all Am I supposed to crawl There is no at all For my bones to call <strong>My love</strong> On my best My love Something that we should know Its my part As your guest Guessing there's nothing above At my stay at be honest Can't find nothing but trouble On my best My love Words we’ll come to loathe Go retire down the road What the fuck should you know On My best My love Something that we should show <strong>Paper Dolls</strong> I'm off to bed tired and unwed To leave you all To when the bleachers were warm And oh, in her eyes Was a cold, cold surprise A blameless call Up to the war And if you're going leave Take the dawn And if you're going to bleed Dont take too long The song filled the room With platitude perfume An ageless waltz Built for the mall Was it really just me Dancing down the street in the arms of papetdolls In a step called jealousy  [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Gallery"]
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<h3>Licensing</h3>
Joe Sampson's music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.

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