Sam Jr’s sophomore album ‘Inner Shadow’ was released on May 31st, 2024 via Arts & Crafts (Echodelick Records in the USA, Weird Beard in the UK and Worst Bassist Records in the EU.) Dark, edgy, and contemplative, this album intersperses his signature fuzzy, industrial rock tones with his melancholic musings on modern living.
New to Sam Jr ? Check out his 2022 debut albums nihilist fuzz-psychedelic haze. It’s your hot new fuzz. The hot new fuzz. But judge for yourself. If you’re into hot fuzz, Sam Jr.’s debut album will make you rather happy. “My concept for awhile writing songs was actually ‘What would the Dude’s band from The Big Lebowski sound like?’” laughs Sam, Jr., the titular architect behind this long-overdue solo stepping-out. “ I’m not sure it landed there at all, but Im trying to harness the easygoing nature and spirit of that character. If you enjoy overdriven Stooges sleaze and expertly deployed noise of the Spacemen 3 / A Place to Bury Strangers variety and the thought of, say, T. Rex covering some of the more obscure B-sides on Barbed Wire Kisses or the Primal Scream who made XTRMNTR going back in time to remake Screamadelica with far more cynicism … well, that’s in the ballpark. But why give it all away? If it sounds like you’re gonna like it you’re probably gonna love it.
