SAM TESKEY RELEASES HEARTFELT NEW SINGLE ‘TIL THE RIVER TAKES US HOME’ DEBUT SOLO LP CYCLES – OUT OCT 8

Cycles, Sam Teskey’s assured debut album, is a cosmic journey that takes the listener from sprawling, orchestral balladry to dissonant, ambient soundscapes, from folk to heavy psych-rock freak outs and from which TTRTUH appears as an almost oasis in the centre.

Inspired by the great English psychedelic bands of the late 60s and 70s, like Pink Floyd and specifically their album Meddle, Sam has made a record to be enjoyed as a whole, from start to finish.

“A big point of this album is for people to create their own journey and their own story with it,” Teskey says. “There’s lots of things that I can explore and think about and say about the record, but I really want to leave the experience up to the listener. To see what comes to them. It’s feels really nice to put the creativity back in the listeners’ hands.”

Teskey’s own creative journey with the album began in early 2020. Housebound, with touring at a stand-still, he turned his attention to the vast back catalogue of music he’d amassed over the years.  Teskey spent a painstaking amount of time digging through his old demos, sitting with them and thinking deeply about which songs would best capture what he wanted to say. Starting where most artists finish, he settled on the track-listing before recording a note, thoughtfully building the demos into one body of work, with each track seamlessly melting into the next.

Life cycles are a big recurring theme on the album. In fact, the record itself is a cycle, starting with the stirring, pastoral folk of ‘Love’ and ending with its reprise, ‘Then Love Returns’. It’s all part of the journey. “Cycles. That’s the concept of the album for me” he explains. “It just loops around in that sense. It could be a life cycle. Or a year. Or a day. At the start you can see the sunrise and then it goes all the way around and you’re seeing the same sunrise. The whole movement of a cycle.”

The album is available to pre-order on digital, CD & heavyweight vinyl, and fans have the opportunity to experience it live during Sam Teskey’s debut solo tour, kicking off in October. Teskey is also pleased to announce he will be joined by good friend and collaborator Harmony Byrne as the special guest for all shows.