Four Four Magazine

Back in July 2020, in the depths of lockdown and in a hungover state, we received an email with a new track and music video to match, featuring at the time for us, an unknown producer called Samuel Powell... The self released track and video [edited by Josh Meany], was a nostalgic throwback to better times, featuring many haunts and locations in Dublin, with friends, laughter, emotion, portraits, dancing, club nights and society in full swing. The video and track hit hard as Ireland and the world was stuck between a never ending lockdown and isolations, coupled with immense anxiety and fears, wondering just how long we might have to wait to experience those feelings of togetherness again. To put it simply, the track and video was stunning, full of beauty, but immensely sad and poignant, which we absolutely loved and wanted to champion as best we could. It summed up the country. Fast forward 17 months and our email has once again been lit up with the talents of Samual Powell's music, this time the email fi