New York based singer/songwriter Sam Evian has delivered this sunny, infectiously jubilant love song titled “Easy To Love.” The track was written and recorded in lockdown after Sam Evian and his partner Hannah Cohen left New York City to find seclusion and peace upstate. This might sound like a love song written for his partner, but in fact it was written for the new love he discovered in nature.
According to Paste, Evian has this to say about the song :
“‘Easy To Love’ was the first song I wrote after moving to upstate NY, it was springtime and it’s very much about peacing out of Brooklyn with my partner Hannah [Cohen] and falling in love with a new space, new life, and lightening the load coming out of grinding in the city for 10 years. Our first spring up here was euphoric. I’ve never witnessed a forest come to life after winter—the electric greens, bird calls, waterfalls … It was the first time in my adult life that I’d felt such a visceral connection to nature.”
In the accompanying video, directed by Luca Venter, Evian rides a quad in circles around his band, windmills his Les Paul guitar, and hangs with his dog. It’s the kind of scene you want to be a part of for a while and perfect to welcome the long-awaited arrival of spring.