SAM COOKE- Encore LP post-punk I thought that we could

I thought that we could remake reality

making his influences sound as immediate now as they did when they first came along

The guitars are heavy and powerful

shows a band whose years of road-dogging have honed them into unstoppable rock machines

SAM COOKE- Encore LP post-punk I thought that we couldWithin this period, Sam Cooke defined himself as a voice ahead of his time. His debut album, Sam Cooke, also known as Songs by Sam Cooke, was released in 1958, Encore followed quickly. It was absent any Sam Cooke originals and the cover depicted Sam swinging with jazz musicians behind him, an honest depiction of what was in the grooves of the LP within.