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Personnel: Sam Amidon (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, fiddle); Morse (vocals, glockenspiel); Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (violin); Jonina Hilmarsdóttir, Eyvind Kang (viola); Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson (cello); Berglin María Tómasdóttir (flute, bass flute); Rúnar Oskarsson (clarinet); Snorri Heimisson (bassoon); Helgi Hrafn Jónsson (trombone); Stefdn Jón Bernhardsson (horns); Nico Muhly (piano); Valgeir Sigurdsson (harmonium, percussion, electronics); Aaron Siegel (glockenspiel); Stefan Amidon (drums); Ben Frost (programming). Audio Mixer: Valgeir Sigurdsson. Recording information: Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik, Iceland; Harlem; Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY. Photographer: Valgeir Sigurdsson. Arrangers: Sam Amidon; Nico Muhly. Like Red House Painters or Nick Drake, Samamidon (his alias is a mashing together of his birth name) languorously glides to his notes, in no hurry to make his point. His first full-length, 2008's ALL IS WELL, mixes together elements of static-y delta blues, lushly produced modern folk pop, and lo-fi indie rock for a lovely and surreal experience. The music can be vigorous, as on the pirouetting, tribal-infused "Little Johnny Brown," or elegiac, as on the sleepy "Prodigal Son." And Samamidon's lilting, almost slurred voice makes the whole affair all the more mesmerizing.
