by Unemployed Lloyd
I met Sam (left) about two years ago in Bushwick, Brooklyn, at a makeshift art gallery. It was one of his first shows and until that day I had never heard of his band. Their name was Led Er Est, they were unpolished, gritty, messy and like nothing I’d seen or heard before. It was those things that made them stick out amongst the other bands. Their sound was dated (very early 80’s cold wave) yet refreshing. A guitar, two keyboards and a drum machine was a far cry from the over-produced music of now, but it worked.
