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Thursday, 15 December 2022

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!

1. Underground
2. Because You Don't
3. Looking At Me
4. Insightful
5. Blank Expression

1. Too Many Buttons
2. Insightful
3. Tired O' Waiting
4. Dog Si Kram

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

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?

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

1. Jawbreaker - Split
2. Samiam - Head Trap

1. Sky Flying By (Acoustic)
2. Home Sweet Home (Acoustic)
3. You Looking At Me (Acoustic)

1. Don't Break Me
2. You Looking At Me
3. Sky Flying By
4. Home Sweet Home
5. Homeboy

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

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

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

1. Garlic Frog Diet - Poverty
2. Garlic Frog Diet - In All Innocence
3. Samiam - No Size That Small (Live)
4. Samiam - Stepson (Live)

1. Samiam - Glow
2. Sixpack - Starkfield

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

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

1. She Found You
2. Capsized (Live)
3. Regret (Live)

1. Factory
2. Search And Destroy
3. Bad Day (Live)
4. My Convenience (Live)
5. Stepson (Live)
6. Don't Break Me (Live)

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

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

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

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

1. Sunshine
2. Dull
3. El Dorado
4. Wisconsin
5. September Holiday
6. Take Care

1. Lights Out Little Hustler

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

2 comments:

  1. Another amazing post thanks Kevin, please could I request Avail

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  2. Thanks for this post! Cheers from Brazil!

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