Last year, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage followed up their duo debut, Before The Sun, with an even more accomplished collection in the form of Awake. Save for four numbers the songs were all self-penned.
Their latest project was formed on the road while touring that album and takes the form of a trilogy of singles that reflect their relationship to the spirit of place. We have the pleasure in premiering the video for their first single “Hidden Things”.
“Hidden Things” takes its inspiration from a time spent in northern Sweden. Hannah says “I was reading my friend Francesco Dimitri’s novel “Book of Hidden Things”. I was sitting on the coast of Stockholm’s Archipelago reading a novel set in Southern Italy and I was moved by the idea that landscapes hold dreams – love, mystery, loss… Dimitri’s book is about how stories become part of our connection to landscape. Like stories, songs can be a way of bringing the land’s dreams to life…”
The video was filmed by Rob Bridge at Redwood Photos and he really captures that sense of connection to nature that permeates through much of Hannah and Ben’s music. The contrast of natural landscape and city is very moving, especially when they’re singing “show me sunlight”.
Get the single here: http://smarturl.it/hiddenthings
Hannah and Ben will tour their intimate single-microphone show throughout the UK in April. Full dates below:
4th Apr SHEFFIELD The Greystones TICKETS HERE
5th Apr SALTAIRE The Live Room TICKETS HERE
6th Apr RUNCORN The Brindley TICKETS HERE
7th Apr CUMBRIA Sticklebarn Sessions TICKETS HERE
9th Apr NEWTON ABBOTT Kingskerswell Church TICKETS HERE
13th Apr FINCHINGFIELD Church, Essex TICKETS HERE
17th Apr ALDERSHOT West End Centre TICKETS HERE
18th Apr SHOREHAM-by-SEA Ropetackle Arts Centre TICKETS HERE
19th Apr OXFORD Holywell Music TICKETS HERE
More here: https://www.hannahbenmusic.com/