The Sam Willows
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Labels | Sony Music Singapore, Warner Bros. Records |
| Website | thesamwillows |
| Members |
Jonathan Chua Benjamin Kheng Narelle Kheng Sandra Riley Tang |
The Sam Willows is a four member Singaporean pop band formed in May 2012. The group consists of siblings Narelle and Benjamin Kheng, together with their friends Sandra Riley Tang and Jonathan Chua. The quartet’s self-titled freshman EP was released on 27 October 2012.
The Sam Willows were formed in December 2011 by founding members: Benjamin Kheng, Jonathan Chua, Narelle Kheng, and Sandra Riley Tang.
Barely a year after they formed, the quartet launched their debut EP The Sam Willows, with a distribution deal with Warner Music Singapore, and made their international debut in 2013 at the annual South by Southwest music festival in Texas. The band continued on a North American Tour, Korean Tour, and represented Singapore for the Western Australian Music Festival (WAM) in Perth.
In April 2013, the Singaporean quartet entered the studio with Steve Lillywhite for a week-long production session, organized by Singapore Music Society (SG MUSO). The result was a reworking of their track "Glasshouse" (Lillywhite edition); released as the band’s latest single at the time. In August 2013, the band released their "Glasshouse" music video.
The band signed to Sony Music Singapore on a 360 deal in January 2015. In February 2015, The Sam Willows embarked on their journey to Stockholm, Sweden to record their debut album, Take Heart, with Producer Harry Sommerdahl.
In the same year, the Sam Willows recorded three songs, "Flags Up", "Ordinary" and "Champion", for the compilation album, Songs of the Games for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. On 20 May, they released the first single from their album, "Take Heart".
The band was the Opening act for The Script at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in April 2015.
The Sam Willows performed the song "Home" during the National Day Parade 2015.
The music video for their first single and the title track of their new album "Take Heart" was released in July 2015. The music video for their second single "For Love" was released in early October 2015. The single "Rest Of Your Life" was released in October 2015.
On April 2016, the band released their music video for their song "All Time High".
The Sam Willows supported Little Mix on their The Get Weird Tour in Manila and Singapore.
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