Samiam

Samiam are a five-piece punk/emo band from Berkeley, California that formed in 1988 and are still active today. They are one of the longest-running and most consistent bands in their hemisphere, carving out a distinct sound with chunky, melodic guitars, a pumping rhythm section and impassioned vocals. Over the years they put 8 full-length albums alongside a multitude of other releases. The band has undergone quite a few line-up changes, with vocalist Jason Beebout and guitarist Sergie Lookboff being the longest-serving. In 1994, the band released Clumsy on Atlantic Records, which brought them some mainstream attention, though they subsequently began a long-standing relationship with Hopeless Records.  As such, they are mostly known and renowned in emo and pop punk circles. They have been immensely influential, akin to bands such as Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, and Fuel, which blended the energy of punk rock with melody and introspection. Admittedly, this is a band I do like a lot, but never dived super deep into, so I apologize if this is fairly vague and superficial. Having said that, when thinking of bands whose absence on here borders on criminal, Samiam are one of the first to come to mind. Enjoy!

Underground (1989)

1. Underground

2. Because You Don't

3. Looking At Me

4. Insightful

5. Blank Expression

I Am (1990)

1. Too Many Buttons

2. Insightful

3. Tired O' Waiting

4. Dog Si Kram

Samiam (1990)

1. Television

2. Home Sweet Home

3. The Bridge

4. Sympathy

5. Ever Felt Avoided

6. Underground

7. Speed

8. Just Another

9. Trusty

10. Stained Glass

11. My Eyes

12. Because You Don't

13. You Looking At Me

14. Insightful

15. Blank Expression

16. Early Morning

Soar (1991)

1. Clean

2. Slumbering

3. Viewpoint

4. Someone's Gotta Lose

5. Lack Of Reason

6. Tell Me A Story

7. Sky Flying By

8. Cakewalk

9. Great

10. Simple Solution

11. Milkbone

12. For Sale

13. Whole

14. Louie

15. Ed Says

16. Friend

17. Where D'ya Go?

Beauf (1991)

1. The Last Word

2. Well

3. Conditions

4. At The Bottom

5. Head Trap

6. Too Many Buttons

7. Tired O' Waiting

8. New Queen

Jawbreaker/Samiam (1991)

1. Jawbreaker - Split

2. Samiam - Head Trap

Stump. (1992)

1. Sky Flying By (Acoustic)

2. Home Sweet Home (Acoustic)

3. You Looking At Me (Acoustic)

Don't Break Me (1992)

1. Don't Break Me

2. You Looking At Me

3. Sky Flying By

4. Home Sweet Home

5. Homeboy

Billy (1992)

1. Don't Break Me

2. Well

3. Head Trap

4. The Pith

5. Go Away

6. Why Where When

7. Regret

8. Get Out

9. Conditions

10. Hey Brother

11. Homeboy

12. Ten Feet Tall

13. At The Bottom

Clumsy (1994)

1. As We're Told

2. Capsized

3. Stepson

4. Bad Day

5. Tag Along

6. Routine

7. Simca

8. No Size That's Small

9. She's A Part Of Me

10. Cradle

11. Time By The Dime

Your Choice Live Series 037: Samiam/Texas Is The Reason (1996)

1. Samiam - Stepson

2. Samiam - Sky Flying By

3. Samiam - Full On

4. Samiam - Clean

5. Samiam - Speed

6. Samiam - Time By The Dime

7. Samiam - Home Sweet Home

8. Texas Is The Reason - Nickel Wound

9. Texas Is The Reason - The Magic Bullet Theory

10. Texas Is The Reason - Johnny On The Spot

11. Texas Is The Reason - Dressing Cold

12. Texas Is The Reason - A Jack With One Eye

13. Texas Is The Reason - Antique

Ping-Pong Gods EP (1996)

1. Garlic Frog Diet - Poverty

2. Garlic Frog Diet - In All Innocence

3. Samiam - No Size That Small (Live)

4. Samiam - Stepson (Live)

Erase Yer Head #4 (1996)

1. Samiam - Glow

2. Sixpack - Starkfield

The New Red Years (1997)

1. The Bridge

2. Sympathy

3. Clean

4. Slumbering

5. Tell Me A Story

6. Great

7. For Sale

8. Where D'ya Go?

9. Well

10. Head Trap

11. Why, Where, When

12. Conditions

13. Ten Feet Tall

14. You Looking At Me

15. Sky Flying By

16. Home Sweet Home

17. Homeboy

You Are Freaking Me Out (1997)

1. Full On

2. She Found You

3. Factory

4. Ordinary Life

5. If You Say So

6. Good Enough

7. Mr. Walker

8. My Convenience

9. Charity

10. While You Were Waiting

11. Nothing New

12. Out Of My Mind

13. Cry Baby Cry

She Found You (1997)

1. She Found You

2. Capsized (Live)

3. Regret (Live)

Search And Destroy (1999)

1. Factory

2. Search And Destroy

3. Bad Day (Live)

4. My Convenience (Live)

5. Stepson (Live)

6. Don't Break Me (Live)

Astray (2000)

1. Sunshine

2. Wisconsin

3. Super Brava

4. Mud Hill

5. Paraffin

6. Calloused

7. Mexico

8. Dull

9. Curbside

10. Bird Bath

11. How Long

12. Why Do We

Whatever's Got You Down (2006)

1. When We're Together

2. Take Care

3. Get It Right

4. Do You Want To Be Loved

5. Storm Clouds

6. Anything

7. Come Home

8. Are You Alright

9. Lullaby

10. Believer

11. Holiday Parade

12. Bide My Time

13. Ham Bone

Orphan Works (2010)

1. Ain't No Size That Small

2. Capsized

3. Regret

4. Bad Day

5. My Convenience

6. Stepson

7. Don't Break Me

8. Mr. Walker

9. I Want More

10. Search And Destroy

11. Here Comes Your Man

12. Stepson.

13. Sky Flying By

14. Full On

15. Clean

16. Speed

17. Time By The Dime

18. Home Sweet Home

Trips (2011)

1. 80 West

2. Clean Up

3. September

4. Demon

5. Crew Of One

6. Dead

7. How Would You Know

8. Nightly

9. Freetime

10. El Dorado

11. Magellan

12. Did You Change

13. Happy For You

Complete Control Sessions (2012)

1. Sunshine

2. Dull

3. El Dorado

4. Wisconsin

5. September Holiday

6. Take Care

Lights Out Little Hustler (2022)

1. Lights Out Little Hustler

Stowaway (2023)

1. Lake Speed

2. Crystallized

3. Lights Out, Little Hustler

4. Shoulda Stayed

5. Shut Down

6. Scout Knife

7. Monterey Crayon

8. Natural Disasters

9. Stanley

10. Highwire

11. Something

12. Stowaway

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