When he’s not crushing the mic and drumset with FHANG, a newer genre-manipulating electronic duo from Montreal, Sam Woywitka is working as a producer, and now solo artist, under the moniker SAMWOY. His debut single “Sbwriel,” which sounds like a made-up word, is actually Welsh for “rubbish,” and comes with a shiny music video that features Sam parading around the UK like a fiend, donning a bedazzled gem mask. The project is also on Woywitka’s new label, Hidden Ship.
Like FHANG’s sound, SAMWOY’s music feels like you’re on psychedelics—the kind of psychedelics that make you question everything you know and hold dear, but for the better. “Sbwriel” is a song about self-improvement, or rather, giving up on it and accepting who you really are—a gutsy, dirty, vagabond with a flair for a spectacle that no one will ever really understand. And that’s OK.
Musically, this track shifts from a grooving Sisters of Mercy club-era bassline, punctuated by an assortment of sonic experimentation and cryptic lyrics. The payoff is a freaky fuzzed-out guitar solo, which reminds me of Marc Ribot on morphine.
Check out the music video below.
