In December 2019, Samiam announced on their Facebook page that they are working on their first studio album in eight years. The album, Stowaway , would be released in 2023, and featured guest vocals by Hot Water Music and the Draft singer Chris Wollard on multiple tracks.
Samiam released Trips , their first album in five years, on September 6, 2011. Semi annual tours have followed ever since in Europe, Australia and South America. In 2015, while in Chicago for an appearance at Riot Fest, a four-song demo was recorded but never finished.
Samiam toured Australia in September 2009, together with the band A Death in the Family . This was followed by an appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida in November 2009 and shows in Santiago , Chile; San Miguel , Argentina; and São Paulo , Brazil in December 2009. In…
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In early 2001, the band went on hiatus after supporting the Astray album. Despite what was initially to be a breakup, they continued to tour abroad yearly (Europe and South America) with occasional shows in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. This led to the recording of the…
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Samiam then recorded their followup to Clumsy , which Atlantic rejected. The album, You Are Freaking Me Out , was eventually released in 1997 by Burning Heart Records . Its single “She Found You” garnered considerable radio play in 1998.
Samiam signed to Atlantic Records in the 1990s when they faced the choice between breaking up and getting a record deal. Their major label debut Clumsy was released in 1994. Their video for single “Capsized” gained considerable airplay on MTV . Samiam performed on The Jon Stewart Show in 1994.
Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the band Isocracy , a Gilman club mainstay. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade . They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe.