March 24, 2025

Samia releases double single “Hole In A Frame” / “Pants”

There’s only one more month to wait for Bloodless, the daring new album from Samia. We’ve already heard previews in the form of “Bovine Excision” and “Lizard,” and today she shares two more tracks off of the forthcoming album. “Hole in a Frame,” inspired by Sid Vicious punching a wall at Cain’s Ballroom in 1978 (premiered this morning via Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1, and the 7-minute stunner “Pants” are both out today alongside visualizers by Sarah Ritter, with the “Pants” video starring actor Fred Hechinger, who you may know from White Lotus, Nickel Boys, and Gladiator II.

“I paired these tracks because they capture opposite instincts,” says Samia. “‘Hole in a Frame’ is about a fascination with disappearing and the power of absence. ‘Pants’ is about accepting a non-refundable self, social contexts and all. They move from a comfort in the possibilities of emptiness to the reality of existence.”

The new singles also arrive alongside the first in-depth feature on Samia’s Bloodless. Rolling Stone praises the “bold” new album and dives deep on both singles and the making of the album here.

Last month Samia announced a string of headline dates in support of Bloodless, along with a series of in-stores in the UK around release which are nearly all sold out. Tickets available now.

04-25 – Brighton, UK – Resident SOLD OUT
04-26 – Bristol, UK – Rough Trade SOLD OUT
04-28 – Liverpool, UK – Rough Trade
04-29 – Leeds, UK – Jumbo
04-30 – Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade
05-01 – London, UK – Rough Trade East [Matinee Show]
05-01 – London, UK – Rough Trade East SOLD OUT
05-20 – Portland, ME – Portland House of Music * LOW tIX
05-21 – Boston, MA – House of Blues *
05-22 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music *
05-24 – Toronto, ON – Opera House *
05-25 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD *
05-26 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground *
05-28 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA *
05-30 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel * LOW TIX
05-31 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club * LOW TIX
06-02 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *
06-03 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall * LOW TIX
06-05 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
06-06 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
06-07 – Kansas City, MO – Truman *
* w/Raffaella

The limited Blood Red Deluxe Edition 12″ including an 8-page lyric booklet is available for claiming now over on the GJ Bandcamp. Clear Smoke indie retail exclusive 12″ and Bloodshot Rough Trade exclusive 12″ available too. Links below.