The Vernon Spring is the recording project of North London-born musician Sam Beste, whose journey traces various arcs across jazz, soul, ambient and songwriting modes, including accompanying Amy Winehouse as her live pianist for the majority of her career.

After years of writing and releasing music with the alt-soul outfit Hejira during his mid-20s, Beste helped form the Lima Limo collective and label, which offered a supportive community and inspiring creative foundation.

By 2019, he began releasing solo music as The Vernon Spring, developing a voice that merged his jazz background with contemporary electronic production in albums and EPs including the acclaimed A Plane Over Woods and Earth, On A Good Day, and now his new album Under A Familiar Sun.

This is the same main mix I just heard Public Enemy played on an hour ago. 

Yikes.

THIS music is type I'm consistently thrilled to find next to Chuck Prophet, the Stones, Radiohead, David Bowie, The Shins, etc. 

Nicely done. 

Love it although I'm starting to nod off at work 

I thought it was an Ethio-jazz track at first. Very nice indeed and inspires me to do a deeper dive into their catalog. 

If you like this try listening to the whole album. It is one wonderful composition, start to finish!

Gorgeous. I found this...
Bandcamp: The Vernon Spring

Less is more.

just a lovely little thing 

Such a minimal little song, but it still felt so full of emotion. Like the background music in a movie where it absolutely conjured up specific kinds of scenes in my head.