Division by Samuel Joseph Kim

This album was one of the first albums that didn’t really start with a concept, because I just wanted it to organically come together on its own. I did, however, want to fulfill a wish I had about the mood of the album. My mother, who is living in Canada, would often tell me that she listened to my music while sitting at the couch, and as she listened, she would look out of the picture window overlooking their vast farm field. I was hoping this album could somehow provide a soundtrack to those cloudy but serene Vancouver skies (and incidentally, that’s what I chose as the photo subject for the single cover to “All Around You”). Somehow, I wanted this album to be my connection to home while I was living far away from family.

As I continued to work on this album, many of the themes and feelings that emerged seemed to relate to the different kinds of divides in our lives and our longing to resolve those distances. Our lives can be disconnected from those around us in so many ways, and even from the ones that we love the most. I hope that these songs can somehow help you find the hope needed to resolve those divides.

Samuel Kim is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer currently based in Seattle, WA

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