Bio :: Samuel Markus

New Dawn

At the age of 18, Samuel moved to New York and started the band Rosewood Thieves. Their EP, “From the Decker House,” was released in the summer of 2006 on V2 Records. Aside from co-writing Rosewood Thieves’ material, Samuel had a handful of songs that he’d written by himself, which became the acoustic EP “No Mission.”

Feeling rather inspired in his evolved songwriting skin, Samuel picked up and moved to LA. He spent a year in the studio recording a new set of tunes that extended upon the style he’d uncovered on the EP and put together a band to perform the live, which he called “The Only Ones”. While the resulting material certainly embodies the original ideas he conceived on the EP, it’s clear that the studio time and formation of a backing ensemble allowed Samuel to fill in the outlines he delivers on the EP. The resulting full-length, New Dawn, is fully evolved. The album showcases the complexities of writing simply—in short, its hard to write a tight song that tells a ripe story, but at the mere age of 22, Samuel Markus achieves this.

New Dawn presents folk-based tunes with pop-realm accessibility. Within each song are familiar folk stories, delivered with near-dangerous catchiness. These tunes remain in the heads of their listeners, but their intelligent and narrative content makes them welcome additions to cerebral playlists. From a kid just past his teenage years, this is pretty darn impressive.

LA-based musician and filmmaker Samuel will be releasing his full-length album New Dawn via digital distribution on September 30th, with a physical version arriving early next year.

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