Sam Prekop
Old Punch Card

Have you ever heard a synthesizer disintegrate Ever heard a cable modem explodeHave you ever wanted toWith Old Punch Card, Sam Prekop is the archit...

A stalwart of Chicago’s intrepid leftfield creative community, Sam Prekop’s musical renown is based on his work in turn-of-the-90s rock band Shrimp Bo...

Fans of Sam Prekop and Chicago's other venerable godfathers of post-rock are likely a musically accepting group, ready to digest Tortoise's most twist...

In January 2007 Sam Prekop talked to Pitchfork about an upcoming album by the Sea and Cake, the Chicago band he fronts. He also mentioned that someday...

Austere, intellectual and far removed from Prekop's moresong-oriented work with the Sea and Cake, Old Punch Card layers the hissand click and mechanic...

There is comfort in being continually surprised. One would expect the third solo album from The Sea and Cake linchpin Sam Prekop to be an immensely en...

Absolutely nobody expected this from Sam Prekop. Five years after his last solo LP (the warm and pop-centric Who's Your New Professor), the Sea and Ca...

As frontman for The Sea And Cake, Sam Prekop uses his distinctively breathy voice on songs that yearn for tranquility, but he doesn’t sing at all on O...

Diese wunderbar warme, aus sich selbst schöpfende konkrete Synthesizermusik, die Thrill Jockey da in den Windschatten des Oval-Albums legt, ist für mi...