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Samia returns with the pin-sharp pop of “Big Wheel”

23 July 2020, 10:17 | Written by Kayleigh Watson

Released as part of an AA-side with “Stellate”, Samia shares the dreamy sound of new single “Big Wheel” and teases her forthcoming debut album The Baby, set for release on 28 August via Grand Jury.

With a knack for crafting personal and evocative odes to self-discovery, singer-songwriter Samia continues her introspective path with the light and breezy sound of “Big Wheel”. Released as part of an AA-side with its moodier counterpart “Stellate”, the new single follows the earlier 2020 tracks “Is There Something in the Movies?” and “Fit N Full”.

Striking an unmistakable 90s rock tone, Samia’s music is brimful with grungy guitar work and carefree pop melodies not dissimilar to nostalgia-fuelled contemporaries beabadoobee, Snail Mail and Soccor Mommy. With a knack for succinctly capturing the mood of her mind in the lyrics of her music, Samia’s latest outings are a means to expressing her most private feelings.

“‘Stellate’ and ‘Big Wheel’ are both love letters to people/parts of my life I had trouble confronting conversationally,” Samia shares of the tracks. “‘Stellate’ is a note to myself trying to make sense of old traumas and ‘Big Wheel’ is a plea to the people around me, but releasing them together feels like closing a chapter.”

“Big Wheel” is the audial equivalent to a lazy summer’s day spent cruising through the country; with brisk, pattering percussion, lazily loose guitar work and smatterings of synth, the track embodies a lighter tone than could be presumed by its lyrics. Samia’s vocal is similarly composed throughout, its affable coos akin to a low-key conversation with a close friend.

"’Big Wheel’ is about avoiding conflict at any cost,” she continues. “I wrote it after a few hours of laying in bed imagining hypothetical conversations with people that I was too scared to have in real life. It’s a passive confession of harboured resentments buried in a laundry list of gratitude."

"Big Wheel" is available now via Grand Jury, with the debut album Baby set for release 28 August. Follow Samia on Instagram.
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