.samandude is back and breathing new life into the New York music scene.
Urbani is new to New York, for the second time over. She first moved to the city from her hometown of Mystic, Connecticut, in the fall of 2007 to attend the New School when she was 20 years old—but her life quickly started to orbit around the then-thriving Brooklyn DIY music scene.
Now that she’s back in New York, though, Urbani is bursting at the seams with new creative energy. “Ever since I’ve come back here, it’s all come back together,” Urbani says. She’s been hosting weekly parties under the name “” at the Delancey—last week, there was a Marie Antoinette–themed dress-up party, and this week, there was an alien costume contest.
She’s also gained a newfound sense of confidence when it comes to her music practice. Working with producer Nick Weiss of, she says that she’s made more songs over the past 10 months than she’s ever made before. Just last week, she dropped “Made in Love,” a song that she started just a few weeks after Mehran’s death, which is about remaining friends with an ex. “It’s about friendship love being transcendent.
Urbani is now adding customized jackets to this growing list of projects. Urbani has turned her paintbrush onto her own thrift store finds for years—one leather jacket in particular that she painted with a yin-yang symbol has become so much of a signature that she recently had it immortalized on the cartoon anime version on her new merch. When she was touring with
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