“Sam Austins is an anxious fuck.”
This is the opening statement to the biography of Sam Austins, Assemble Sound’s latest superstar. Last week he dropped ANGST, a six-track EP steeped in his brand of deep-dive neurosis, and it’s totally saving us right now.
A brooding roller coaster that could give hip-hop golden boys The Weeknd and Drake a serious run for their money, ANGSTÂ is just as therapeutic as it is a seductive punch to the gut.
Stream ANGST below
This article appears in Nov 8-14, 2017.