Album Notes

The Woodlands, a wife and husband indie folk-pop duo, craft songs of lyrical poetry, lush melody and intelligent simplicity. They conjure faraway lands and the longing of lovers with timeless imagery that unearths the shadow of tragedy and the glisten of magical realism. Hannah’s hushed voice conveys both mirth and melancholy, tempered and surrounded by Samuel’s melodic instrumentation. They till the soil of their souls to reap songs and sounds wrapped in a hauntingly sweet hush of wonder.

Their 2009 self-released debut album was recorded and produced by Samuel & Hannah in their Portland apartment, true to their intent of capturing intimate songs of simple complexity that sound professionally homemade. The album has been received with both national and international anticipation, and with its release The Woodlands are set to embark as husband, wife and songlings on the voyage forthcoming



“I dig your music.”
--Chris Funk, The Decemberists

“The music sounds lovely! I will keep an eye out for you!”
--Catherine Feeny, The Hotel Café Tour

"I really like your stuff! I would love to see you!"
--Sharon Van Etten

"The Woodlands album is absolutely an ethereal trip through some of the best indie folk pop you will find (or I have ever found)."
--Slowcoustic

"This is a very good start of a promising band that should keep taking us into their haunting reflections of love and life."
--AW Music

"Honey and haze...A beautiful collection of simply-arranged, but wondrous and poetic sounds."
--Womenfolk

"As soon as we listened we dug out our English dictionaries and started flipping desperately through them, looking for the right words to describe it. They had to be beautiful words, big words, words that hadn't been used before!"
--Letters Have No Arms!

"Captures all of the beauty in their lives in each slow moving pass of the lens...The duo from Portland manages to craft engaging songs that only get better with each listen. Not a bad song in the bunch."
--Hero Hill