Biography

'Does It Go Any Faster?' is Same's most versatile set of songs yet, boosted by returning producer Matt Schimelfenig’s keen ear (Gladie, Three Man Cannon). 'Faster?' packs a louder punch for their second round: the songs are shorter, the album runs at a hotter clip, the track listing is stuffed with more, more, more. The album’s title is earned from “Moped,” a zippy love letter to Jesse’s actual ride, and is inverted darkly on “Motorcycle,” its lyric sheet cribbed from accident scenes. When Same leans more political, like on “Admin Reveal,” they do so with a wry sense of humor. The song’s a breezy pop-rock cut set to island time, where a politician polishes off a beachside beverage while the legislation they just okayed harms millions. Sometimes the verbiage grows abstractly, lending more priority to enunciation and tone, like the wispy country-rocker “Facially Blind.” Often times, Same drops off narration entirely, bookending the album’s dizzying cocktail of slowcore, psych-pop, and indie rock with organic instrumental vignettes. If this seems like an overloaded LP2, it flies past in two clicks. Don’t worry: you can catch it again. Same will self-release Does It Go Any Faster? on 10/27. 
 -James Cassar