Pop/Rock - "A promising young storyteller with fealty to ragged, country-driven indie-pop and an alluring dark streak," says the NY Times of 22-year-old Oklahoma-based songwriter Samantha Crain. "There’s a hushed, humid beauty to the album (Songs In the Night) that may be difficult to recapture live, except in the most desolate and dank spaces. Her pleading, slightly distant intonation recalled early-1990s Britpop, an accent atop a voice that traverses the space between Gillian Welch and Regina Spektor."

From her label: Songs In the Night plays out to wander confidently in the badlands where abrasive, jangly indie rock and smooth, whispery folk meet. It chronicles the fear she saw in herself and those around her, that assumed embracing health and clarity would, in turn, destroy every particle of poetry and each grain of ingenuity dwelling within the artist. Crain's distinct voice presents each song with an unfeigned fervor as it rises and falls over the panorama painted by the Midnight Shivers and their roots-infused, fertile arrangements. As this album unfolds, the listener can rest easy knowing they are not experiencing illusions—and this band can be comforted with the reassurance they have been genuine.

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