Automatic Sam

Automatic Sam is a Dutch guitar band. Its name derives from Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band’s ‘Tarotplane,’ a 20-minute freeform epic, in which the protagonist ‘Automatic Sam’ takes a girl on a journey in his plane. In what follows, they go on a fantasy trip through all kinds of yet undiscovered worlds.

The adventurous feel in ‘Tarotplane’ combined with the weird bluesy accompaniment has been the band’s starting point since it was founded in 2009. On the EP ‘Hot Foot Oil’ (2009) the band was inspired by desert rock from the USA, on the full-length debut ‘Texino’ (2011) Automatic Sam explored the pre-war ‘deltablues’ and with its successor ‘Sonic Whip’ (2013) the quartet expressed a more aggressive sound, echoing the punk-rock roots of the band members. 

Automatic Sam's new album 'ARCS' is coming out in March/April 2017 on Goomah Music. 

www.automaticsam.com