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Cherry Tree b​/​w Roses

by sam evian

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1.
Cherry Tree 04:04
cherry tree hung over me waving with empathy falling flowers lay me down tell me life's a passing cloud falling flowers spinning round cover me up, lay me down it's not a lot to know it's not a lot to know it's not a lot to know cherry tree cherry tree my favorite remedy your flowers comfort me it's not a lot to know it's not a lot to know it's not a lot to know
2.
Roses 03:23
I’d love to travel free and see the old roads that i've known like 69, when i was just nineteen don't need a great revival, lord knows i’ve been through it all i just want to provide myself that good old feeling don't know when I let go. I can't stay here I can't stay here I can't stay here for a life like this my generation gave us plastic wallets tied to gold they'll sit in my back pocket til i die i try to keep the ship afloat, but it was built with holes and every day i dream of a new life cus this never felt right I can't stay here I can't stay here I can't stay here for a life like this I can't stay here for a life like this I'll buy an old conversion, drive it down the great west coast who knows how far she'll make it in this world don't need a great revival, lord knows i've lived through it all i just want to provide myself that good old feeling don’t know when I let go

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You, Forever was Sam Evian's first foray into a more soul-baring sensibility. Released in the summer of 2018, the album is a beautiful collection that glows with an intense, slow burn. It was hailed by Pitchfork as a collection of songs that are “gentle and sweet but avoid the most saccharine tendencies of soft rock.” Last fall, Sam released a version of the You, Forever track “Next to You” with vocals by Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino. It lit up playlists. Paste magazine said “The track is a beautiful little diamond of Sunday morning guitars and Marvin Gaye-style bass grooves.”

Now, two new songs shine a light on the evolution of Sam Evian's music. “Cherry Tree” is a daydream of the first warm hints of spring, which came to Sam as he took in the sun under a cherry tree in New York’s Central Park. It was also the first song that Sam Owens ever released as Sam Evian. It has remained a fan favorite and a staple of the rousing live set. “Tell me life’s a passing cloud,” he urges amid a charming backdrop of lilting guitars, gorgeous piano flourishes, and a swelling harmony-vocal chorus.

Accompanying “Cherry Tree” is the hazy lament of “Roses,” a new, unreleased song from the You, Forever sessions which offers a lyrically complex but equally reflective outlook as its counterpart. “I'll buy an old conversion, drive it down the great west coast,” Sam sings. “Who knows how far she’ll make it in this world.”

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released March 1, 2019

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