Nov 122008
This is a perfect follow up to yesterday’s Tim Barry post. This band is apparently the side project of Devil In Me’s lead singer, Poli. The two projects could not be any different, either.
Devil In Me is this hardcore screaming shit that appeals to me about as much as a splinter under my fingernail, while Sam Alone is this rough and tumble sounding Americana/folk record in the vein of Chuck Ragan or Tim Barry. While Poli is not quite as naturally talented a singer as Tim or Chuck, he makes up for it in sheer gusto.
Check it out, it’s a totally enjoyable album.
Sam Alone – Deathproof
Sam Alone – Long Bus Ride
Sam Alone – Pills and Ghosts
Autopsy IV
Part time blogger. Full time hater.
Is the band name a nod to legendary Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Sam “Mayday” Malone?
I dunno.
but they’re from Portugal so I kinda doubt it.
Don’t they have reruns of “Cheers” on TV in Portugal?
so I know I’m not the only one who has noticed the trend of talented punk rock and hardcore singers releasing solo albums ala Chuck Reagen (of the hot water music band) Tim Barry (of avail). I’m a huge hot water music fan, but I was wondering what your opinion of them was, and your take on that style of music (at the drive-in, cursive, rites of spring, fugazi…) in general
well. Honestly, by the time Hot Water Music came around I was out of high school and immersed in the industrial music scene. I’d not even heard of them until Ragan started releasing solo music. Same for Avail. I’ve watch a little bit of their material on YouTube but don’t know enough from either band to speak intelligently on it. My punk knowledge is limited after the mid-80′s era.
I love me some Fugazi though.
I was never much of a fan of At The Drive-in.
I can take or leave Cursive…if they are playing I am not gonna bitch but I’d never reach for one of their albums.
if you get a chance HWM’s flight and a crash is an amazing album. I ask because that style of post hardcore, and country (both alt and traditional) are my favorite styles of music right now, and I’m still stunned by the cross over between them. I find it really cool that suburban home records, who put out punk albums from Denver local bands in the 90s, that I loved, has become the place to go to for the alt country bands that those bands become. cool shit