Amy Scott-Samuel Finds Beauty in Honesty on New Single ‘Show Us Your Colours’

Amy Scott-Samuel has a novelist’s eye for detail, a desire to peel back the curtain and see things for what they really are. With her latest single Show Us Your Colours, she calls on others to do the same, to seize the day and get to the heart of what really matters. 

Drawing on elements of folk, blues and soul, the track is taken from her forthcoming album, Go Gently, whose message of compassion and self-care has in recent years become a way of life for Scott-Samuel. Flitting between Liverpool and her adopted home of Andalucía, she has fed off these transient moments of connection and beauty, pushing past the artifice and isolation of the daily grind. 

Show Us Your Colours asks us to “take off that mask” and find the courage to be sincere. Haunted by a fear of sleepwalking through life, her lyrics emphasise the importance of celebrating human connection, wherever we may find it. “The songs are like little notes to the people that I know and love, or those that have touched my life in some way,” she says. “There is a rawness and an emotional honesty in the music that I might struggle to speak out loud.”

You may recognise Scott-Samuel from earlier projects, such as her band She’s In The Trees, who put out their album The Heart is a Lonely Hunter in 2024. Inspired by the writing of Carson McCullers, it took shape over a year, in a spirit of trial and error and cheerful experimentation between bandmates. This time, writing a solo record required a sharper level of introspection and focus, and the conviction to trust her gut. 

But when it came to finally recording the songs, she had Bill Ryder-Jones on side to help bring them to life. In Show Us Your Colours, pared-back instrumentation allows the song to breathe before arriving at a soaring crescendo, her voice bursting over softly-strummed guitar and piano; like an outstretched hand pulling you up to see the view. 

“I love the beautiful creations that Bill crafted out of my little songs,” she reflects. “He found a way of tapping into the energy and feeling of my music in a way that I didn´t expect someone could.”

One theme that has stayed constant across her work, whether rehearsing in a friend’s living room or roaming the cliffs of southern Spain, is a feeling of expansiveness and drama, the hidden inner conflicts that tower in the mind. As someone who has spent most of the past decade living in a sleepy rural town, Scott-Samuels is a big believer in separating herself from the noise of the city, allowing herself time to identify with nature and experiencing the scenery as a kind of conduit for her emotions. 

“Nature plays a role in my day to day, whether I’m sitting on the terrace, looking out at the mountains and olive fields, or spending time by the river just next to our house,” she agrees. “The slow pace of life here encourages a certain amount of quiet introspection and a chance to connect with feelings and daydreams in a way that’s not always possible when living alongside the movements and distractions of the city.” 

Thanks to a well-timed Arts Council grant, she was able to translate her love of nature into the track’s music video, directed by James Slater, who also made the celebrated 2025 Coral documentary Dreaming of You. Together, they agreed the old slate quarry in Snowdon would be the perfect spot to draw out the romantic intensity of her songwriting. 

“It’s an incredibly dramatic place – the huge black slate rocks jut out, creating the effect of an ancient, abandoned Mayan-esque village,” she explains. “I wore a long billowing red dress for the shoot, which contrasted beautifully against them. Wandering through tunnels, sitting amongst trees and ferns and below the arches of dilapidated buildings, the physical landscape seemed to mirror the themes of the album.”

Though the songs might have come from an introspective place, Scott-Samuel hopes that they strike a chord with strangers, particularly anyone who might be looking for a shred of hope on a dark day. 

“Having dealt with some of my own struggles over the years, as well as witnessing the struggles of those around me, these songs serve as a means of reaching out to others who may be going through challenges,” she reflects. “They are my attempt at a warm little hug: my way of saying ‘you are not alone’.”

She will play the album in its entirety at a special concert at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room in February 2027. Tickets are free and can be reserved via: liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/amy-scott-samuel/10072.