Sam Morton, the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed actor and director Samantha Morton and music producer and co-songwriter Richard Russell, announce details of their highly-anticipated debut album.

Entitled Daffodils & Dirt, the album will be released on 14th June via XL Recordings.

Over twelve enthralling tracks, the duo construct a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate yet dramatic and robust.

The part-autobiographical suite of songs sees Russell’s spartan soundscapes providing an enriched foundation for Morton’s ethereal vocals with help from collaborators, including Alabaster DePlume, Laura Groves, Jack Peñate and additional vocalist Ali Campbell (on 'Broxtowe Girl').

A lifelong music lover and enthusiast, Sam Morton marks Samantha Morton’s first ever sonic project. The collaboration came about after she shared her eight ‘desert island’ tracks on BBC’s Desert Island Discs in October 2020 and Russell happened to be listening.

The pair connected and corresponded, trading ideas, sketches and streams-of-consciousness. They later met in the studio, engaging in a period of spontaneous, open-ended collaboration. Daffodils & Dirt was completed in 2023, a captivating result of their intensive partnership.

The album cover artwork features an archive photograph from acclaimed British-American photographer and visual artist Nick Waplington, who documented life on Nottingham’s Broxtowe Estate at the same time Morton was growing up there in the mid-1980s.

Daffodils & Dirt Artwork, Credit: Nick Waplington

To celebrate the album announcement, Sam Morton has shared a new single, 'Let’s Walk In The Night’ feat. Alabaster DePlume, from the album.

Embodying a spectral, otherworldly reimagination of UK street soul, 'Let’s Walk In The Night’ is accompanied by a video directed by Samantha Morton herself.

Filmed on location at Nottingham’s annual Goose Fair, it’s the second music video Morton has directed from the project, following her video for (and lead role in) 'Cry Without End' earlier this year.

Meanwhile, having made their live debut with a sold out show at London’s Below Stone Nest venue last night, Sam Morton have announced details of their biggest headline show to date.

The event will take place at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London on 20th June with tickets available from Thursday 28th March. They will also perform at this year’s End Of The Road festival among other festival appearances.

See below for the full album tracklist:

Daffodils & Dirt

1. Highwood House
2. Hungerhill Road
3. Purple Yellow
4. The Little White Cloud That Cried
5. Kaleidoscope
6. Cry Without End
7. Broxtowe Girl
8. Let’s Walk In The Night
9. Greenstone
10. Double Dip Neon
11. The Shadow
12. Loved By God