Bio

When Sam Pounds is captured on tape, he moves the way real records used to - unhurried and untamed in all the right ways. On “Queen,” alongside longtime collaborators Family Company, he centers the track in instinct and restraint, holding onto feel over finish with just enough space for the bass and drum groove to breathe. Recorded fully analog, you can hear his musical lineage in the pocket: the quiet discipline of The Meters and the confidence of Prince, but it never imitates. It settles into something all his own. When he leans into the chorus lyrics of “magical” and “supernatural,” it al...