sam forrest

  hey hey, my new album 'summer hits' will be out on 18 july 2025. you can listen to the song 'ice cream van' via my bandcamp page here . i recorded the album at my friend jasper's house - groovetrank eastgate north - between january and march 2025, and did a few overdubs in the utility room of my house. i recorded, played and mixed everything myself, including drums which turned out to be a nightmare. my friend, dave keegan, mastered it which helped de-murk from the terrible mixes.  many of the songs were written when i was going through a 'slow' phase, listening to lots of codeine and come and things. so it might sound a bit gloomier than i meant. i actually removed the slowest song because it made it almost unbearable, it might emerge in some form if i ever manage to get it to sound ok. not totally sure what else to say about it other than it's just another album. i won't be promoting it because that's a joyless experience. would like to do so...

 got a new band called strange pink with a couple of friends called dom and eddie from hull. we've got a new single out called 'pencil chewer' on bandcamp and more to come over the next couple of months.  Pencil Chewer by Strange Pink also, my next solo album is being mastered now. should be out in summer. might call it 'summer hits' but maybe not... ok ok 

  hi hi hi, long time amd things. the above photo was taken because i was interviewed for a magazine and they needed a promo photograph of me. that magazine article didn't happen, but the photo exists. it was decided that sunglasses were needed because my eyes are so tired. i'm sat on a bench in the york minster gardens, and it looks like i have a centre parting but i don't... i am also back in a secret location in east yorkshire recording another solo album. it's the follow up to 'caught under a spell' and is a similar kind of thing. have recorded about four songs so far. also, i had chance to unearth some old tapes and videos of one of my first bands called the pills. i played bass in the band with my schoolfriends - danny (singing and guitars) and paul (drums). we were based in york and played a few local shows like at the spotted cow ( video performance here ), and did a few studio recordings. here is a bandcamp page of all of our recordings - both studio a...

  i did a radio interview with a nice man called wolfy for hull107 fm recently. the link is here and it's just me talking about writing songs. also been recording with my new band, strange pink , and mixing the new sewage farm album. ok...

i released my latest album ' caught under a spell ' on desert mine on 26 january 2024. it was recorded at groovetank studios and noisebox studios in east yorkshire from about february to september 2024.  i recorded and mixed it myself, but dave keegan did the mastering, hayley hutchinson did some backing vocals on 'slacker', 'someone's daughter' and 'small world'. to record it, i used the following stuff: macbook laptop  ua audio apollo twin x  microphones: akg 414, shure sm57  guitars: gibson j45, guild polara, fender precision bass  vox ac15 amp pearl drumkit Caught Under a Spell by Sam Forrest

  here is a photo i took of an abandoned petrol station near where i live. nice isn't it? anyway, i've got a show coming up in manchester on november 4 2023 at briton's protection. it's a 'special' show because i'll be playing two sets as a kind of retrospective of the music i've been churning out over the past 20 years. what makes it truly special is the fact that the show is being promoted by akoustik anarkhy who helped me and my band, nine black alps, a lot when we were starting out. they are big music fans and excellent people too. so come down and share in the experience... ticket link here ...