Astray (album) explained

Astray
Type:	Album
Artist:	Samiam
Cover:	Astray (album).png
Released:	August 29, 2000
Recorded:	April & May 2000
Genre:	Hardcore punk
Length:	44:00
Label:	Hopeless Records / Burning Heart Records
Producer:	Tim O'Heir
Prev Title:	You Are Freaking Me Out
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Whatever's Got You Down
Next Year:	2006

Astray is an album by the American punk rock band Samiam.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 2000 on Hopeless Records and Burning Heart Records.^[3]

Production

The album was produced by Tim O'Heir.^[4]

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "Samiam makes a smarter, deeper and all the while catchier kind of rawk, filled with dirty guitars and pummeling drums."^[5] NME called the album "pop-speckled bittersweet hardcore executed with studied panache."^[6]

Personnel

• Sean Kennerly - bass
• James Brogan - guitar
• Johnny Cruz - drums
• Jason Beebout - vocals
• Sergie Loobkoff - guitar

Music video

• The music video for "Mud Hill" (Track 4) was shot in the Van Nuys district.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samiam | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Krochak . Gerry . Samiam moving forward . Regina Leader-Post . 9 Nov 2000 . C3.
3. Web site: Luck Aside, Samiam Won't Be Led 'Astray'. September 28, 2000. Los Angeles Times.
4. Samiam gets extra points for longevity . Albuquerque Journal . 15 Sep 2000 . E13.
5. Best New Music . CMJ New Music Monthly . Oct 2000 . 20.
6. Astray . NME . February 7, 2001 . 45.