Don’t call it a comeback. Call it an evolution, a rebirth, a continuation after twelve years of absence for the mostly forgotten cousins of the Gilman Street family, Samiam. After signing to a major in the nineties and touring across every inhabited continent with just about every big alt name of the era, life got in the way and, aside from the odd trickle of shows, Samiam have been very quiet since roughly 2011. It’s this tension between your passions and the reality of your daily existence which drives this album with guitarist Sean Kennerly stating its an album about “Failure for sure. Tenacity in the face of continuing failure; failure to communicate, failure to succeed, failure to find meaning. Which is weird because it’s actually kind of an uplifting album as far as Samiam goes.” Thi...