Samuel Wilbur has a new spectacular album titled Ivory Tower! Honestly this album is magical for a variety of reasons but for one I love how Samuel spotlights other strong female vocalist in town and let’s them shine with this outstanding lyrics! Featuring Meghan Kreidler, Dani Michaele and Laura Kiernan! Samuel also worked with TWO of my favorite producers in town the extraordinary Andy Thompson and Matt Patrick (the library studio!)

Samuel Wilbur is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter, high school teacher, and passionate environmentalist. By day, he teaches U.S history and journalism; by night, he crafts indie rock anthems packed with lush harmonies, sharp hooks, and powerful messages about climate change, late-stage capitalism, the rise of the oligarchy, and holding on to hope. 

Fueled by the success of his 2024 Album, The Age, Wilbur channeled his environmental anxieties into a focused 13-track concept album. Ivory Tower reflects on life in modern day America, where the rise of the billionaire ruling class opens its doors to fascism while invasive technology and ubiquitous AI accelerate the global climate crisis. Wilbur combats these threats with 90’s guitar riffs, haunting strings, anthemic trumpets, and powerful lyrics that inspire action.

A sweeping, urgent indie rock opera, Ivory Tower is Samuel Wilbur’s most ambitious project to date. A true global collaboration; Wilbur recorded this album across four continents with his favorite artists around the world and at home. The album also features standouts from Minnesota’s vibrant music community, including 5 songs with the electric vocalist Meghan Kreidler of Kiss the Tiger, powerhouse producers Andy Thompson and Matt Patrick, vocals from Minnesota’s Best New Band, Kiernan, and groove-rich basslines from Ian Martin Allison.

The album’s themes are prescient and impossible to ignore. This history teacher delivers powerful lessons through his music that are accessible, resonant, and bound to strike a chord with anyone who is paying attention. 

*KEY TRACKS*

“Ivory Tower” – The title track takes aim at the illusion of leadership and inherited power. Ivory Tower exposes the emotional cost and frustration of watching the gatekeepers in power stall progress and maintain the status quo.

“Once Again the World Let You Down” – An emotionally raw ballad about disillusionment, burnout, and betrayal. The song reckons with a world that twists truth and rewards the wrong people. 

“Social Security Number” –  Is a darkly satirical song about digital surveillance, and the slow death of personal privacy. It’s a paranoid anthem for anyone feeling watched in the age of algorithms and AI. 

“Everything is Falling Apart” – Is a tender, apocalyptic love song that asks what it means to hold onto hope when everything else is unraveling. 

National Street Date: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.

01. Everything is Falling Apart – 4:27*
02. Social Security Number (Ft. Dani Michaele) – 3:51*
03. Stay Out (Ft. Meghan Kreidler) – 4:08
04. Ivory Tower (Ft. Meghan Kreidler) – 3:46*
05. Miss the Feeling – 4:05
06. My Corner – 4:23
07. Once Again the World Let You Down (Ft. Meghan Kreidler) – 4:16*
08. Hornet’s Nest (Ft. Laura Kiernan) – 4:14
09. I’m Not (Ft. Meghan Kreidler) – 3:44
10. The Remainder – 3:53
11. Tired – 4:29
12. It Belongs to Me (Ft. Meghan Kreidler) – 3:29
13. Everything Repeats – 4:56*Suggest songs for play Tracks 1,2,4,7.
All songs FCC Clean

STREAM: Bandcamp
https://samuelwilbur.bandcamp.com/album/ivory-tower

DOWNLOAD: (WAV files):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pa51orQSuyfGysvPJiuy_vPcfuRwj3IsEPK: 
https://www.samuelwilbur.com/electronic-press-kit.html

Linktree: 
https://linktr.ee/samuelwilbur

Press Quotes:

“Samuel Wilbur was always more than merely a singer/songwriter; he is a narrator, a sonic archivist, a storyteller, a philosopher of life, and a recorder of thoughts and sentiments of the everyday person, a creator of personal songs that we can all relate to.”  -The Big Takeover 

“Wilbur certainly has a rich commercial-mainstream voice that isn’t necessarily sweetened as many of today’s voices are or valium induced in others. Lots to like here. Not bad for a full-time high school social studies teacher who moonlights as a rock singer. He gets a well-earned A.” – Americana Highways

“Samuel Wilbur puts life lessons into song in a way that’s clever, compassionate, and best of all catchy. It’s not didactic because he sings from the voice of an equal, not a superior. I left the show feeling like a member of the community that made me want to do better.” – Mostly MN Music
Website and Social Media:
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