AM

Biography

You might say that Tulsa-born and New Orleans raised AM is an artist who brings together the best of all possible musical worlds, rippling through classic roots sounds — AM pop and rock, obviously, and English Invasion stuff, or steamy soul/R&B persuasives and more and more of late, the melodic athletics of Brazil’s tropicalistas. AM’s newest album Future Sons & Daughters (Filter U.S. Recordings), is a cornucopia of head-turningly unusual sonic colors and shapes that manage to stamp themselves on one’s psyche like they’ve been there all one’s life. Yet these songs are footsteps into unknown territory, like a tantalizing glimpse at a promising future-pop. AM’s debut album, 2006’s Troubled Times, was named one of the best indie albums of the year by iTunes and from which every song was culled for use in movies and TV shows.