No mid-nineties band bridged the gaps between punk, post-hardcore, and indie rock quite like Samuel. For the members of the last band of my high school days, Samuel was the only band all three of us could consistently agree on. The drummer was all about the '77 sound, at the time nurturing a growing love of mod-punk, ala The Jam. The bass player was firmly entrenched in the world of California screamo, worshipping at the altar of Still Life, HeartattaCk, and Ebullition. I was caught somewhere between intelligent pop-punk and indie rock, still pretty familiar territory.
For us, Samuel had it all. The music was downright propulsive, while managing a nice balance of melodic and abrasive. And vocalist Vanessa Downing had a voice that effectively blended urgency, pain, indignation, and optimism into a beautifully tight package. I remember someone once describing them as Velocity Girl if every member of Velocity Girl could kick your ass. (That's probably a bit too simple; back then, every indie-ish band with a female singer was compared to VG.) On our way to shows, Samuel was the perfect compromise between Generation X, Indian Summer, and Superchunk.
In retrospect, the craziest thing about my love for this band is just how little there was to love. As far as I know, their discography was limited to two seven inches (one issued later on CD with two extra tracks) and one split seven inch with Texas Is The Reason. So it's quite possible they released only seven songs. But Samuel was definitely a band where quality won out over quantity, anyway. This track is by far one of my favorites from the band. It really perfectly showcases both their gritty, angular pop songwriting as well as their immense musical talent. Listen for the twenty-second-plus snare roll near the end, with the lyric "yeah, that's fucking pretty" being spit out on top, right before the song seems to fall back together for the climax. Pure punk pop perfection.
As for a 'where are they now', I'm not 100% sure. Vanessa Downing and guitarist Dean Taormina relocated to Rhode Island and formed the indie outfit Rosa Chance Well, playing with a variety of New England indie luminaries like Jeff Goddard and Gavin McCarthy of Karate and Chris Brokaw of Codeine and Come. Some of their music can be found at Epitonic.com. Drummer Eric Astor went on to run the Art Monk Construction label, which seems to be defunct, and Furnace CD Manufacturing, which is far from defunct. He also continued playing drums in the breakfast violence band Mancake with members of Frodus. And if you missed out on the breakfast violence scene of the late-nineties, I sincerely pity you.
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Wow... what a blast from the past. My old band Endive had a show with Samuel in Indianapolis, IN, but the cops showed up just after we finished playing.
One band I can not find enough material by is Lincoln. I have a few live recordings and the 7"s. However, I have heard many times that they recorded an album with Brian from Ashes/Battery that was never released.
Semi-related was Kukim. Never released anything, but was completely amazing. Had members of Lincoln in it.
I'm going to go home and listen to my Junction and Samuel CDs tonight, thanks. :)
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Skull-Shaped Maracas said...
where are they now?
josh deutsch is in new york, and plays in a band (whose name i forgot) that is touring with animal collective.
eric astor is in dc/nova and runs furnace manufacturing.
dean and vanessa are in boston, and still play in rcw.
and i am in morgantown, wv where i play music and teach english.
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Nice
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ouch! fair enough, i guess...
but i kinda like the guy anyway; of course i haven't spoken with him in about four years.
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"Eric is still a conniving little prick with a stack of porno mags in his closet."
Aren't we all, though? At least in a metaphorical sense?
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Here are some videos I recently came across and posted. There were an albums worth of stuff we never recorded - some of it is here. Most of it was reworked and ready to go a year after this show but never made it to tape.
http://www.youtube.com/user/artmonkconstruction
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Eric, thanks so much for posting the videos on Youtube. Samuel was a great band. Saw the band only once, but the memory shines brighter than most of the other hundred shows that I saw. Thanks again.
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I got into the scene late. The shows at 411 S. College (if i remember the address correctly) were just perfect…And by perfect, I mean far too loud, far too crowded, and far too short. All the words i come up with to describe the music are obvious and cliche. I just remember wanting the few times i was there to last forever. It was fleeting. Like all the good moments in life, you just knew they were not going to last but you would spend your lifetime remembering them.
I teared up when they demolished that house. It hurt but not as much as the scene being gone. My kingdom for a time machine and a Samuel show.
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