The new album from New Orleans blues-rocker Samantha Fish, Faster, doesn’t sound like it was created during a dark time in history. With a slinky, devious opening riff and a flirtatious vow to “make your heart beat faster,” Fish lets us know from note one that life in COVID lockdown hasn’t taken the mischievous glint out of her eyes.
“This album… I feel like it’s a big moment for me,” the singer and guitarist offers. “I feel like we all went through something collectively last year. I think it’s transformative for us as a group of people, but also individually, and so for me, this is about shaking off everything.”
Though her first love is the blues, Fish has taken many musical styles to the fitting room is long on catchy pop choruses and stick-out-your-tongue rock ’n’ roll swagger.
