Samantha Josephine Releases ‘My Antechamber’
Independent Artist Samantha Josephine has announced the release of My Antechamber, the second movement of her upcoming EP. The guitar has been replaced by a rough, melodic piano which evokes the nocturnal grit of early Tom Waits, layered over a percussive landscape of heavy cymbals and flickering jazz undertones. Josephine’s vocals lean into a jagged rawness reminiscent of the Violent Femmes, grounding the song in a sense of urgent, unvarnished emotion.
This is a work of total autonomy. Writing, recording, producing, and mixing every element herself. The result is a sound that has an unpolished honesty.
The accompanying visual follows a masked creature through the darkness, a physical manifestation of the song’s heart: the self-loathing that comes with wanting what it can never have.
Reflecting on the release, Josephine explains: My Antechamber where I’ve trapped part of myself, a part that doesn’t feel safe to have, is a place that grows and yells and bangs, the resulting creature is the one from where this song comes, I tried to depict this creature in the music video, something bold, something scared, something desperate. The song itself, a stage I’ve allowed it to tell how of its survival in abandonment and deprivation”.
Following the release of How To Be In Love, this new single suggests that Josephine’s upcoming EP is not just a collection of songs, but a map of a primary stylistic shift. She isn’t looking for a place on a chart; she is inviting the listener to happen upon a moment to experience their own antechamber.
