Towards the end of May, Samana – Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett released Dharma, a stunning new EP that explores mythic landscapes, forgotten memories, and the innate search for freedom and peace.
The first single from that release was ‘Two Wrongs’ which was also partly inspired by the Polaroid work of photographer Mike Brodie. The image they used for the single on Bandcamp is a photo from Brodie’s photo book Tones of Dirt and Bone. Like Samana, Brodie’s approach to life is as much a determining factor of his photography as is his ability to frame an image and choose the right moment to press the shutter release button. His work was heavily influenced by the “transient subculture of freight train riders”. He hopped his first train at 17, close to his home in Pensacola, Florida and ended up going in the wrong direction. Fate seemed to constantly play its hand, from discovering a camera behind a car seat to his decision to start taking pictures of the many characters and friends he has spent time with when walking, hitchhiking, and train-hopping for free across America. The grease, grime and dust of that lifestyle may at first appear far removed from the Welsh pastoral setting of Samana. Still, like Samana, Brodie’s anarchic travels were underpinned by a desire to escape the conventional repetitive nature of existence.
Below, you can watch their new video, which was shot on Super8mm film.
The said: “‘Two Wrongs’ is an allegorical analogue super8mm video, metaphorising the core elements of the song itself, which draws upon the interplay between movement and stillness, solitude and expansion and freedom and deprivation. Through the simultaneous layering of the subconscious realm, coupled with the natural landscape, the Two Wrongs short offers a passage into the rich tapestry of creation and destruction that lies at the heart of the balance of all things.”
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