samamidon - but this chicken proved false hearted

out now on Plug Research in the US and Birdwar in Europe. Purchase on itunes, amazon, emusic, and at a store near you.

"But This Chicken Proved False Hearted is undoubtedly as engaging a sonic experiment as any you'll hear this year."
-Angry Ape

"The most interesting folk album of 2007."
-stylus

"This is the great American folk album."
-the nerve magazine

1. Tribulation music video - directed by ezra caldwell

Tribulation - hi res ipod-ready quicktime
Tribulation - youtube

2. Live At Pianos, Snippet

more reviews are here

"these songs are about a lot of different things...love, adventures on the ocean, beasts with horns, prison breaks, and other things. they're old songs that I found in different places. I changed them around some. I recorded the songs late at night in my house...I woke up one morning and my friend Thomas had surrounded the songs with sounds from his magic wand."

samuel tear: voice, banjo, acoustic guitar.
thomas b: piano, electric guitar, electric organ, accordion, wurlitzer, drum, nylon string guitar.

produced by thomas bartlett, like this:


But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted - selected tracks are available for download:

1. falsehearted chicken
2. true born sons of levi
3. interlude 1
4. head over heels
5. 1842
6. interlude 2
7. another man done gone
8. louis collins
9. interlude 3
10. roll on john
11. rocky island
12. tribulation
13. o where is my little darlin
, the one i left so dear? she's gone away and left me, and courted another one.