Samiam - Trips (Coke Bottle Green Vinyl LP)

Facts With Trips (2011), the influential indie punk band Samiam from Oakland, California, returned to their signature sound, reminiscent of fan favorites Clumsy and Astray. Trips was Samiam's first album in five years, and despite the break and the band having been together for over 20 years, very little has changed. Their 2011 album has a sound similar to Foo Fighters' self-titled debut and Sugar's File Under: Easy Listening, and plays like a 90s alternative rock/pop-punk hybrid. Like Samiam's career highlight, Clumsy from 1994, this album is an elegant and refined release, full of straightforward, sweet melodies, yearning lyrics and energetic riffs at an uplifting tempo. Coke Bottle Green Vinyl LP.