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Surprise View

from Home Waters by Sam Carter

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Recorded in a converted church in rural Northumberland, Home Waters captures the full force of Sam Carter’s vivid, narrative-driven songwriting. Featuring the specially-assembled Home Waters String Quartet, the album’s rich emotional landscapes are exquisitely illustrated by producer Ian Stephenson’s cinematic string arrangements. Images of overwhelming floods, rising tides, and conflict-stricken seas sit alongside tales of love and loss, alluding to the search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory.

    The Home Waters CD features specially commissioned woodcut artwork by renowned Sheffield-based artist John Pedder. Booklet features full album lyrics.

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  • Home Waters artwork woodcut print, designed and hand-printed to order by Sheffield artist John Pedder. Sold unframed, this landscape print measures around 25" by 13" (slightly bigger than a gatefold vinyl cover). Limited to 50 signed numbered editions.
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    Get all 8 Sam Carter releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Home Waters Live, Home Waters, How The City Sings, Live At The Union Chapel, The No Testament, Lumpy's Lullaby, Keepsakes, and Here In The Ground. , and , .

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lyrics

On Surprise View on a clear day
When the sky opens wide
I can almost hear her breathing by my side

So I come here every summer
And I walk on till I stand
Where we’d lay down in the heather
Where I asked for her hand

And it’s how I’ll always see her
In a pair of walking boots
Soaking in the morning sun
Up on Surprise View

Now her old boots line the hallway
Gathering dust, laces loose
In the same place since the day she heard the news

I was shaking and the sunrise
Was the last thing on my mind
But she asked me if I’d drive her
To Surprise View one last time

And it’s how I’ll always see her
In a pair of walking boots
Soaking in the morning sun
Up on Surprise View

As the sun sinks and I’m leaving
I think back to those days
Though she’s gone now she’s not missing
’Cos I know where she stays

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from Home Waters, released May 1, 2020

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‘Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection’ Songlines

2010 BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award Winner

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