Johanna Samuels - Excelsior!

Released 25th June 2021.

Vinyl expected 6th August 2021.

With a special knack for balancing bright pop melodies with a drifting sense of melancholy, LA basedJohanna Samuels new album Excelsior! is a tender, honest document of the importance of companionshipabove all else. Named after Dylans Visions of Johanna, Samuels grew up on the classic songwriters ofyesteryear (George Harrison, Tom Petty, Neil Young) and after a healthy dose of Elliott Smith and Jon Brion, has spent the best part of the last decade honing her craft.

Excelsior! was recorded in a small cabin in West Shokan in NY State, in the middle of the winter with herband and producer Sam Evian but its songs are full of West Coast sunshine. It's Evian's first full albumproduction at his own Flying Cloud Studios.

Recorded mostly to tape, the album is as a gorgeouscombination of vintage instrumentation, strong melodic hooks, killer harmonies and Samue