Sam Barron

Sam Barron is a singer, songwriter, and frontman of the indie rock band ‘The Come On’. Barron pens songs that capture the struggles of life and love, as well as the sensations of coastal Mexico where he lived and worked as a journalist covering the lives of fishermen and the destruction of wetlands by aquaculture companies.

Dreaming of Planet Rock and playing hoops, images of New York City in the ’80s also populate his songs. Sam spent his childhood with a key around his neck and a bus pass in his pocket. He forged a name for himself in NYC’s Antifolk scene, and it was there that his path first crossed with the 'The Come On' co-founder, Mimi Oz. The creative partnership between the two Sidewalk Café regulars evolved into full-fledged tours in the US and Canada in 2016 and an EP and album release, as well as landing a song in the feature film ‘Monday’ for the Robert Rodriguez series ‘Rebel Without a Crew’.

This fall, Barron will release a few singles from his upcoming album A Prayer for a Field Mouse, set to be released via Mother West in 2021. Recorded in their home studios during quarantine, A Prayer for a Field Mouse is a collaboration with producer Charles Newman (The Magnetic Fields, Soko, Kris Gruen), with the help of bassist Byron Isaacs (Lost Leaders, The Lumineers), vocals and accordion by Eva Mikhailnova of Eva and The Vagabond Tales and pedal steel from NYC’s Jack Mcloughlin.

On his upcoming single 'New York City' Sam pays homage to those who have watched him grow. Growing up with two mothers; the loud Jewish one who battered him into scholastic achievement, and the wild streets above the schist where his sense of adventure and wit formed.

Sam collaborated with his brother, fashion photographer/filmmaker David Barron for the single's visual treatment resulting in a cinematic depiction of New York City's truest essence.

New York City is out Sept 25th