Our names are Sam (23) and Tim Aitken (26), yes we’re brothers all though we don’t look like it as one of us decided to be 6’7ft tall. We go by the name SAMETIME and have been performing together for 12 years, we pride ourselves on our live show with the goal to get in front of as many eyes and ears as possible. We started performing on the streets busking and in pubs at the ages of 9 and 12 and at the sametime began writing our own songs and released our first “album” under the name ‘hoo8hoo’.

We spent the following years getting our 10,000 hours playing anywhere that would have us and taking any opportunity that came our way. At the ages of 14 and 16 we stopped pub gigs and busking and started SAMETIME. The very same year we started SAMETIME we were one of the youngest acts to sign a worldwide publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing and released our first single ‘Where The Wind Blows’.

Since our first release we’ve gone on to release 3 EPs and a couple of stray singles. Being a band made of two brothers, we had two completely different types of influences and that is reflected in our early work as we searched for our sound. We then saw video of ‘The 1975’ playing their song ‘The Sound’ at BBC Big Weekend and it was the first time we ever agreed on something, we both said “we want that”. We spent a couple of years, working with pop producers in Australia and learning how to produce music ourselves to develop the sound you hear today.

At the end of 2022 we found ourselves feeling a little lost and hopeless, playing the same festivals, same venues and releasing music we weren’t even fans of ourselves in search of some sort of breakthrough. We decided to change all of that, pack our things and by a one way ticket to the UK with Brighton in our sights. Now living in Brighton, we plan on getting another 10,000 hours under our belts. We’ve gone back to our roots of busking in the streets to promote ourselves and earn money for rent, releases and whatever the f*ck council tax is.

2 years later, we call the UK home having sold out multiple shows, our last being our biggest yet at Brighton’s Patterns.

To kick off summer we’ve released 'What A Way To Go', the first single off our upcoming 7 track EP. The EP was recorded over two weeks at Southend By The Seas 'SS2 Recording Studio' with our best friend/main collaborator Matt McGuffie and it is by far the most ambitious project we've done. 

Fresh off the back of 4 packed alt-escape shows and a sold out intimate show. We plan on taking our energetic live show around the country and playing wherever will have us whilst continuing to release music. 

We've just extended our Visas so Brighton won't be getting rid of us anytime soon, we love it here and we're here to stay.

This is only the start.