PLG79 But This Chicken Proved False HeartedCD/LP
Video: Tribulation

SAM was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, June 3, 1981. His parents are Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. His little brother is the great Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer. Sam currently lives in Dumbo, New York City.

"But This Chicken Proved False Hearted is undoubtedly as engaging a sonic experiment as any you'll hear this year."
-Angry Ape

"The most interesting folk album of 2007." -Stylus

"...equal parts Nick Drake, Robert Johnson, and Deliverance, with a dash of ‘80s synth-pop for flavor...This is the great American folk album.
- The Nerve

"...his often-cracking warble is the anchor of this release, and it works perfectly. He seems aware of his vocal limitations, but he uses those boundaries to enhance the delivery the songs the same way singers like Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Bob Dylan have...If this album leads people to trace the roots of these songs, then Samamidon's job was well done."
-Prefix (7.5 stars out of 10)

"Samamidon breathe new life into old, and sometimes forgotten, songs, which ends up making But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted a fantastic listen."
-All Music Guide (4 Stars out of 5)

"Head Over Heels, Samamidon's anemic reassembly of the Tears For Fears original, is a dreamily sun-kissed warble that broods with a virtuoso subplot, lending the song an arcane brevity that the 1985 attempt never really picked up on. If Richard Kelly ever chances upon it while trying to regain his indie credentials, he'll no doubt kick himself for not having waited another five years to score Donnie Darko...The soaring succour of Tribulation sees Amidon's croon flanked with strings, keys and radar encryption, creating a boo-hoo-heauty that'd have even John Wayne getting sniffly. Folk like this made Marion hang up his pop-gun."
-more from that wonderful Angry Ape review

"In this photo [my drivers license picture], you look like the boy from Lord Of The Rings. Except that in this photo, your eyes are not blue. His eyes are so blue. When you look into them, it is as if you are looking at the ring."

-The Bank Teller at Washington Mutual, Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, August 16, 2006

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