Search - Samantha Crain :: Kid Face

The most apparent thematic thread running through the album is restlessness. The first-person narrators of these 11 songs are in constant motion, as they feel the tug of the far horizon or the need to escape from their present circumstances, ruminating about what may lie ahead and what they re leaving behind roots, family, a lover. Counterbalancing Crain s wanderlust is a rootedness that exerts just as strong a pull. I ve lived in other places these last few years, but never for long, she says. Coming back home brings me perspective and focus. These leavening aspects are as integral to the impact of her songs as the experiences that inspired her to write them. Ultimately, the movement in the songs of Kid Face is purposeful, as Crain searches for herself and her place in the universe. Think of Kid Face as a key early chapter in what promises to be an extended, enthralling personal saga. Woody would have been proud.