I Used to Be Sam

Before <a href="spotify:artist:4lBcjMzkz39P14vLXMO2k6" data-name="Annie Goodchild">Annie Goodchild</a>, there used to be Sam. This realization marks the starting point for the release of the artist&#39;s most personal and impressive work to date. I Used To Be Sam steps into a complex journey of transracial adoption and self-discovery on their new EP <a href="spotify:album:47fSWyIvgwjPw5ZvaYfCpc" data-name="I Used to Be Sam">I Used to Be Sam</a> - an explorative new collection of deeply personal, cinematic, left-field pop, all wrapped up in the singer&#39;s distinctively illustrious voice.

Featuring the EP’s debut single <a href="spotify:album:4XM9UBIrabUExCimPj8tA7" data-name="Gentle">Gentle</a> which landed a premiere on Wonderland Magazine, as well as previously released singles <a href="spotify:track:2xQMJwW1Qk4TD1yMAeriR0" data-name="Mountains">Mountains</a>, <a href="spotify:track:1wiOJCKmZjaBzl49HEF15J" data-name="Grateful">Grateful</a>, album centerpiece <a href="spotify:album:0JnsU5BqyMqtW00o3dcH3S" data-name="Seamstress">Seamstress</a>- which landed a coveted spot on COLORS LISTEN and Notion Magazine - and newly released track <a href="spotify:track:6tZQMF1lq2eRyclus2uQzz" data-name="Forgiveness">Forgiveness</a>, I Used To Be Sam wants to use her music to create a safe-space to bring people with shared experiences together, and open up the narrative around transracial adoption.

Having honed her craft performing live in bands such as <a href="spotify:artist:0a4WHXBBYVupXtpgmvjAM7" data-name="Melou">Melou</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5HYNPEO2NNBONQkp3Mvwvc" data-name="Scott Bradlee&#39;s Postmodern Jukebox">Scott Bradlee&#39;s Postmodern Jukebox</a>, as well as launching their solo career six years ago with the twinkling vintage sounds of their debut EP <a href="spotify:album:3j3XUzl2owkB5aFGjocaVh" data-name="A Random Physical Sensation">A Random Physical Sensation</a>, all of the artists’ professional and personal experiences have reached a culmination with the release of this new music. It is the mark of the artist making the bravest, ambitious and most confronting music of their prolific career. The recorded voices of other TRA’s are included in the music videos and vocals from I Used To Be Sam’s own daughter feature on the EP.