This is our latest track.  I am Sam Z, and my band is Sam Z.  A four piece from Portland.

Free Pile Etiquette

Dear friend, don't be shy
Stay and drink with me a while
Let's sit and talk about each others lives
Let's just sit and look into each other's eyes

I know our lives didn't turn out how we planned
But whose has ever
We were children running in the sand
Do you remember?
If you could give it all back now
Think it'd make you feel better?
Come on looky looky here what we can do with our hands
It's better than money
(sweeter than honey)

Dear Friend

This is our latest contribution to Rock and Roll.  It's about the bottom, but we hope it makes you groove out and feel good.  We recorded it at home.

In The Evening Modern - Sam Z

What makes quitting hard
Is you're already scarred
With so much doubt that the wounds will heal
(should be**) As they pick at your flaws
Your lover and your boss
Tell you to throw out the banter
Bottle up the laughter to save
for a special time
When's the special time?
When is the special time?
Where is my heart?
What makes quitting hard
Is when you don't know who you are
With so much history with a stranger
Who got you this far
Get in the Car
Drive it til it's empty
Away from the city
Where you can breath
And see the stars (they shine for you)
See the stars (tell yourself)
Light up your heart.

Shine For You

This is a song from a live-recorded session.  The video was produced by Jordyn Grace Roach.  It was recorded 07/30/22

N. O. M. - Recorded Live 07/30/22

Swim My Way - Solo Project

Our newest effort
Sam Z: Guitar and Vox
Max G: Drums
Dash L: Bass
Ian S: Lead Guitar

How Long

You gave away all of your things before moving to Michigan.
Books and chairs, lamps and cups, art from your divorced friends.
Though they're worthless things and they fill up my life with junk... I don't really care.
Like a box of about a thousand plastic spoons
But you said I would feel the wrath of God, if I killed your geranium.
So I will water it and try to keep it alive.
Some things are for treasuring
Some things to give away
Some things are just for throwing away
Some things to burn.
So many things, but my favorite is that geranium.
It's the one I like best.
Rest assured I will take care of it
Til you come back
She said I hate everything
Especially math, and being set up by your friends
who've got their ideas of what your looking for.
For me I get older and smarter it's harder and harder to find what I'm looking for.
She said I hate everything.
But I love my geranium.

Geranium (Lark Demo)

Slow Moving Targets

Recorded with GarageBand on my iPad.

I stuck a message to your back
I wanted you to know
That every single day, there'll be moments when
You pop back into my mind
You will pop back into my mind

Because you will never be gone
You will echo all night long
Up through the ground
Rolling in the breeze
Floating in the clouds
Buried in the trees
I will always remember your song

I never meant to play this game
It sure did leave a stain
We could walk different streets
We could change the sheets
But I'll always connect to your brain
I will always remember your name.

Stuck a Message

Timing

Burn Origami Burn

You know what they told me 
Do this and do that
Do everything

They basically fold me
Fold here and another fold there
Fold everywhere

I gotta learn origami

So you thought that I was easy
Thought that I was flat
Thought you'd put me together
Just like that

But I'm rough around the edges
Not too easy to fold
And if you already know what you want
Well I don't fit that mold

I gotta burn origami

I tried to figure it out
The pieces wouldn't fit
I'm asking what is wrong me
I should be asking what is wrong with it
And after all this is said and done
I wish I had never begun
Because you crumpled up my heart
And through it in the waste bin

Burn origami burn

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