Reissue! With the release of `Trips' (2011), the influential Oakland, California, indie-punk band, SAMIAM returned to their signature sound reminiscent of fan favorite albums `Clumsy' and `Astray'. Kicking off with the in-your-face track "80 West", jam packed with heart-pounding drums and energetic guitars, SAMIAM have picked up right where they left off without missing a stride. Ago Trips was the first Samiam album in five years, and despite the hiatus -- and even though the band has been together for over 20 years -- very little has changed.

Their 2011 album has a sound akin to Foo Fighters' self-titled debut and Sugar's File Under: Easy Listening, playing just like an alternative rock/punk-pop hybrid from the `90s. Like Samiam's career highlight, 1994's Clumsy, this album is a slick and refined outing, full of straightforward, sweet melodies, yearning lyrics, and energetic riffs in an upbeat tempo.

1. 80 West
2. Clean Up
3. September
4. Demon
5. Crew Of One
6. Dead
7. How Would You Know
8. Nightly
9. Freetime
10. El Dorando
11. Magellan
12. Did You Change
13. Happy For You