The Blackout (single)

by Sam Airey

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Richard Harrison (@mr_spoon) Sam pretends not to be from Yorkshire despite living in Leeds and being named after their river. I think Leeds should adopt him, beautiful, fragile songs. Favorite track: The Blackout.

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	1.	The Blackout 04:44	info	buy track
	2.	Endless Sea 04:39	info	buy track

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The Blackout is the new single from Leeds-based indie-folk artist Sam Airey, produced by Whiskas (Forward Russia/DTTR) and released on 18th July 2011. The single (along with B-side Endless Sea) will be available digitally, along with a super-limited run of 50 hand-stamped and packaged numbered CDs. Coinciding with this, Sam will play an intimate launch show in Kirkstall Abbey, an ancient ruined Cistercian monastery in the north-west of Leeds.

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released July 18, 2011

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Sam Airey Leeds, UK

“Wonderful music…his songs are deep and beautiful and sound effortless”
- Huw Stephens, BBC Radio One

“A voice that brings the world to a standstill…Bon Iver more when Justin was making music in a shack”
- Sean Adams, Drowned In Sound

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