Sam Podmore Releases ‘Walk The Line’
Some songs make you move, others make you think. Walk The Line does both. A steady rhythm backed by a dark and gritty yet drawing soundscape creates the perfect backdrop for a pushy, stick in your head chorus that directly confronts the shadows behind you at night.
At its core, Walk The Line is about facing up to the parts of yourself that creep around your head at night and escaping them. The song follows Sam into conversation with his past self, a self that is pessimistic, attention seeking and destructive. The past wants to embrace the chaos and misdirection; the present feels the weight of trauma’s toxicity. This tension drives the music, pulling between hypnotic trap energy, reggaeton and something more introspective. Think Twenty-One Pilots mixed with Daft Punk’s euphoric melodies, tied together in a way that makes you need to move, either to book a therapy appointment or go on a walk to face up the past head on.
Sam’s journey into music started somewhere far removed from the Wellington Pop scene, singing in his local church during lockdown. Born in Zimbabwe and now based in Wellington, he turned that early passion into an obsession, learning multiple instruments and eventually studying Music Technology at Massey. Now, as both a producer and artist, he’s crafting music that blends technicality and rhythm with raw emotion.
For Sam, Walk The Line isn’t just something to add to your gym playlist, it’s a moment of self-reflection. And if you find yourself questioning who or what you are driven by sitting on a hilltop in the rain, well… maybe that’s the point.
