Pure Noise (2023)
First of all, things are starting to get a little out of hand naming these vinyl variants. Bone splatter? It looks like white to me. I mean, it barely looks like white if you look really close. This particular variant was limited to 300 copies and was one of several variants released. By the time I went to buy, this was the best looking one left, but I'm not getting any others. As I've mentioned, with a few exceptions, I'm really trying to not own multiple copies of the same record, so this one will do.
Samiam is a band that I got into later than most people, but are a band I really ended up enjoying. This is their first full length since Trips came out in 2011 and it's lovely. The first few times I listened to it, I wasn't sure that I liked it. But that was primarily because I was listening to it while I was working and was being too strongly influenced by the first song, "Lake Speed." It's too fast and shouty and lacks the melodic vibe that makes Samiam such a great band. There's something to be said about picking the right opening track, and I'm not sure this was the correct choice.
The rest of the album is quite nice. Catchy songs, with Sergie's excellent guitar work topped with lots of melodic vocal harmonies. It's really a perfect blend of the sort of thing that I tend to like to listen to. I can't say that 2023 has been knocking my socks off with new releases so far this year, but Stowaway breaks through. It might not sound like anything fresh, new or exciting, but that's not what I want from this band. I want Samiam to sound like Samiam, and thankfully, they still do.
Samiam - Stowaway:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQtTTe2Kied8o4B4e6M8bu2h7FLTqUYhU
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