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Gemma Samways

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Bag for life. Words: Evening Standard, Guardian, Dazed, AnOther, Rolling Stone, Crack, L&Q. Commission me: [email protected] | She/her

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 4d

This was a joy to write

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4d

Poised to release their first Soulwax album in seven years, Stephen and David Dewaele talk Gemma Samways through their tenure at the forefront of the rock dance crossover.

The Strange World Of… #Soulwax

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Soulwax, portrait by Nadine Fraczkowski. The duo pictured in a night time street.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 10h

Track of the day // Oklou - Viscus ft. FKA Twigs tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiFXzzg...

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Track of the day // Oklou - Viscus ft. FKA Twigs

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 1d

This month on the Loud and Quiet roundtable podcast: Stu, Sam and I arguing over albums by Geese, David Byrne, Mark William Lewis and Grimes >>> loudandquiet.substack.com/p/roundtable...

Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 1d

Track of the day // Geese - Au Pays du Cocaine tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiFIF-3...

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Track of the day // Geese - Au Pays du Cocaine

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 2d

Track of the day // Sorry - Today Might Be The Hit tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiE-Tpn...

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Track of the day // Sorry - Today Might Be The Hit From the album COSPLAY, out November 7th on Domino.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 3d

Track of the day // Fcukers - I Like It Like That underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7967694...

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Track of the day // Fcukers - I Like It Like That

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 4d

This was a joy to write

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4d

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 5d

Track of the day // Nala Sinephro - Grand Prix tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiE1j3E...

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Track of the day // Nala Sinephro - Grand Prix

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 5d

Track of the day // Danny L Harle - Azimuth feat. Caroline Polachek tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiDnrzt...

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Track of the day // Danny L Harle - Azimuth feat. Caroline Polachek

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 8d

Track of the day // Touching Ice - Wish It (Bite It) tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiD6txh...

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Track of the day // Touching Ice - Wish It (Bite It)

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 9d

Track of the day // Samia - Cinder Block tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiCT-L7...

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Track of the day // Samia - Cinder Block

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 10d

Track of the day // Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiC9jJO...

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Track of the day // Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day From the album Secret Love, out January 9th on 4AD.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 12d

Track of the day // Bar Italia - Rooster underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7959605...

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Track of the day // Bar Italia - Rooster

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 14d

Track of the day // Geese - Cobra underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7957789...

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Track of the day // Geese - Cobra From the album Getting Killed, out now on Partisan Records.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 15d

Track of the day // Blawan - Rabbit Hole underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7956874...

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Track of the day // Blawan - Rabbit Hole From the album SickElixir, out October 10th on XL Recordings.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 16d

Track of the day // Danny Brown - Starburst underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7955847...

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Track of the day // Danny Brown - Starburst From the album Stardust, out November 7th via Warp.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 16d

Track of the day // UFOs - UFO tmblr.co/ZqXf1wiAEDc4...

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Track of the day // UFOs - UFO

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 17d

Track of the day // Tyler Ballgame - I Believe In Love tmblr.co/ZqXf1wi9wNAI...

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Track of the day // Tyler Ballgame - I Believe In Love From the album For the First Time, Again, out January 30th on Rough Trade Records.

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 20d

Track of the day // Charlotte Gainsbourg - Blurry Moon tmblr.co/ZqXf1wi95_te...

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Track of the day // Charlotte Gainsbourg - Blurry Moon

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 21d

Track of the day // Kojey Radical - Everyday tmblr.co/ZqXf1wi8sZts...

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Track of the day // Kojey Radical - Everyday

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 21d

Track of the day // Helado Negro - More underachievers-please-try-harder.tumblr.com/post/7950576...

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Track of the day // Helado Negro - More

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Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social · 22d

“This is what community looks like: local voices, global solidarity.” I covered Together For Palestine for The Standard www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...