Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Sam Rappaport has released the music video for his latest single “Bicycle Away,” teaming up with Queens-based interpretive dancers and filmmakers Kathleen Dalton and Sonja Petermann for the intimate and emotional track.
Sam Rappaport is a Los Angeles-born writer and musician living in Bushwick. He pulls from rock, jazz, and soul, creating understated compositions. With a touch of delicate vocals, he creates an intimate vibe that makes the listener feel as if they are being addressed directly.
“Bicycle Away” was produced by Lorenzo Wolff and recorded in his East Williamsburg studio Restoration Sound. The track traces the volatile seesawing of a relationship struggling to reach equilibrium, with the narrator acknowledging his need for emotional growth while also yearning for an escape route. He wants to escape and move beyond the horizon but also wants to stay close.
I wrote this song about a year and a half ago. I think it started with this image–this memory–of my friends and I riding bikes through the streets of the valley, in Southern California–how it felt like we were explorers charting out a whole geography of experiences. We felt trapped by the valley, and we wanted to escape, but there was also such a feeling of freedom in being a kid, on a bike, after school, racing through different neighborhoods. Our entire lives were still in the distance. Then, from there, I moved into the present and started thinking about the difficulties I’ve had in finding equilibrium in relationships, the tendency to kind of swing between extremes. Somehow, I crammed all that stuff together into a song. I’m not really sure how it happens.
Sam Rappaport.
The music video is soft and nostalgic, bringing the viewer in deep with the rhythmic movement and slow edits. Sam Rappaport’s voice is melodic, bringing in irresistible slow guitars and percussion. The listener can fall hard into the track, reminiscing on their past along with Sam. The interpretive dancing was a unique touch and helped tell the story even more, bringing in scenes of nature that make you feel warm as you watch it.
“Bicycle Away,” the new daring and emotional track from Sam Rappaport made me feel many different emotions while watching it, and is perfect for these cold winter months coming up. It is available to stream now.
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