Samiam
Clumsy


4.0
excellent

Review

by random USER (34 Reviews)
March 22nd, 2011 | 20 replies


Release Date: 1994 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Excellent "emo-punk".

Think about the classic Dr. Seuss story Green Eggs and Ham. One guy, named Sam-I-Am, constantly tells another unnamed character to try the titular food. After remembering Samiam from the obscure music video VCR tapes called Rock Video Monthly, I became interested in them again, and thought this was to the liking of another user with similar tastes. Samiam is an "emo-punk" band that is fresh like Wendy's beef. Lead singer Jason's vocals wail and yell stories about alcoholism, arson, and typical emo topics. The song "Capsized" has Jason singing about the mistakes he made to a girl that didn't love him back, and thus he regrets what he did and "drinks himself to sleep." In the song "Stepson", he asks the listener to burn the aforementioned relative's house down, possibly because he was annoying. These guys should have been bigger than Green Day in my opinion, and hell, Green Day's drummer Tre Cool once was a Samiam member. "She's A Part Of Me" is a rousing song, and I air-drum to it in a very energetic manner. Overall, remember what Sam-I-Am's words were, and try this album out.



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iFghtffyrdmns
March 22nd 2011


7044 Comments


tl;dr

Inveigh
March 22nd 2011


26875 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

random's back with a vengeance

random
March 22nd 2011


3148 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yes indeed.

BigHans
March 22nd 2011


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

lol now I don't have to review this. Good job Random, Capsized and Stepson fucking slay.

random
March 22nd 2011


3148 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yes they do. Those are my interpretations of Capsized and Stepson. I don't think Jason said what they were about.

BigHans
March 22nd 2011


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

You might be right.

random
March 22nd 2011


3148 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks. Some people think that Stepson is about child abuse. These guys are hard to find in CD shops, while others think they're bound to show up in bargain bins.

americanmusicmachine
March 22nd 2011


3953 Comments


"She's a Part of Me" is classic, man.

terrific SOUNDOFF aswell.

trymedude
July 22nd 2011


151 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Band rules so much. Got their whole discog (save for their most recent album) on CD-R.

Definitely old school emo punk.

random
January 23rd 2013


3148 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"She Found You" is such a good song.

Kman418
July 28th 2013


13271 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

hm what to rate

Kman418
August 28th 2013


13271 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

idk i remember not being that impressesededsdd



maybe ill jam again in a bit

BigHans
March 13th 2014


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

CAPSIZEDDDDDDDDDDDDD



CUT DOWN TO SIZE



Rip random

xfearbefore
June 14th 2014


2038 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Have been binging on this album a lot lately, so good and underrated, glad I found out about this. "She's a Part of Me" is such a ridiculously good song. Like Jawbreaker at their peak or something. Just awesome.

xfearbefore
April 28th 2015


2038 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

All you fuckers should be listening to this. It's flippin' awesome.

xfearbefore
May 30th 2015


2038 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

This is honestly just as good if not better than most of the first wave emo stuff that gets praised. Unbelievably melodic and heartfelt. Killer vocals. Yes I realize I just posted the last three comments on this album, the question is do I give a fuck, the answer is no. Shame this isn't more well known.



BURN THE HOUSE DOWN

xfearbefore
January 31st 2018


2038 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

yep, bumping for the fourth time in a row in the last 3 years.



cause you fucks still aren't appreciating this.

Atari
Staff Reviewer
September 23rd 2019


27950 Comments


never heard this band but they're referenced in Lagwagon's "Bubble" so I already know they're gonna rule

ShadowRemains
November 29th 2020


27741 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

that main riff in stepson is the bee's knees, might need to bump this one up (also need to hear ashtray)

BURN THE HOUSE DOOOWN

Storm In A Teacup
September 26th 2021


45703 Comments


Hm



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