Sam Haft

Songwriter/dipshit

[samhaft]

Hi, I’m Sam!

Twitter might die and I’m not gonna learn what “mastodon” is, so here I am.

I’m a songwriter for The Living Tombstone, Hazbin Hotel, and Helluva Boss. I’m from NYC, based in LA, and my pronouns are he/him.

Here’s my linktree!

Let’s get to know each other!

[samhaft]

:D loved the map and all the voices!! however, armstrong confused me a bit, why'd they speak at the very end? i thought y'all confirmed them as mute?

Hi! Glad you asked! I posted about it on the TLT server and I’ll drop that here:

I’d reinforce that in no way are we trying to make implications around human beings who are mute or nonverbal in the way Armstrong vocalizes, but for Armstrong as someone ‘piloting a corpse’, our solution to having them feel present and player-facing was this idea around expelling air from their body as their limited form of vocalization. In a more visual medium like a cartoon, we may have gone in a different direction - like, for example, gestures or something like ASL - but with the limitations around a dialogue box driven narrative, it seemed important to figure out how Armstrong could make sound!

All that said, Armstrong is not ‘speaking’ in that last line - like all of Armstrong’s lines, it’s an unvoiced expulsion of air, without the use of pronunciation anatomy. It’s just that a “yay”-ish sound is possible with those biological limitations, it only relies on moving air and opening and closing one’s jaw!

Thanks for asking - definitely not a retcon on Armstrong’s corpsey limitations around communication, just a way to explore the very specific circumstances around muteness that Armstrong has, sonically. I totally appreciate the ways in which Armstrong can serve as representation for folks with aphasia, vocal injury, nonverbal conditions, etc, and it was really a decision stemming from not wanting the game’s limitations to make Armstrong completely non-communicative, because we love our big red fella and wanted them as much a part of this experience as everyone else.

[samhaft]

hiii samm!!!! :3 i wanted to let you know that you and ur char rust really gave me confidence in being trans and not being ashamed of it or showing it to the world... youre so cool!!

That’s awesome! YOU’re so cool!! 🏳️‍⚧️🎉

[samhaft]

Hey Sam, hope youre doing well! (Bit of a silly question upcoming lol)

Im going to see you guys in Frankfurt this year with a friend for the multiplayer tour! I do see you guys going to Denmark Skanderborg for the festival (which is like 30 minutes from me but when i got to the ticket sale it was already sold out haha) Seeing the list i couldn’t help but wonder, have you ever been to Denmark before? Or is this the first time you're going? Also assuming its for the fandom but is there any reason in specific you guys picked the festival? I hope you guys have a blast there and cant wait to see you in August!

Never been to Denmark! I’ve never been to any Scandinavian country! The only things I know about Denmark are Victor Borge, LEGO, and Mads Mikkelsen, but those are three pretty great things.

As to the festival, our touring agent picked it, but I’m so excited to be playing parts of Europe that we didn’t get to see last year!

[samhaft]

Hi sam! MASSIVE fan of your work from your solo projects to TLT, and I was wondering if you could say anything regarding the Under The Sun demo from the Florida Supercon a while back? it's been stuck in my head ever since it was shown off and has become a sort of cult favorite among the crazier fans (like myself). I think it's some of your best lyrical work and the cadence in which its sung is among my favorites across the medium of singing itself

We’ve been working on finishing it! Don’t worry we didn’t forget about it :)

[atlas-hyperfixes]

So anyway this was the coolest night of my life and I will never shut up about it

only full pic I got of the cosplay lol:

ALSO I gave Jonathan a set of my magnet heart keychains (of course I provided two teslas) and he got a couple pics with the others holding theirs!

AND I got an Armstrong pick for my brother EHEHEEE

[samhaft]

You looked amazing!

[samhaft]

Hi Sam! I saw you guys in Boston earlier this week and it was awesome! It was great watching you guys play and also just mess around on stage, and I appreciated the shoutouts you gave to the rest of the crew. You all really seemed to be having fun, so I hope that was the case and the tour run hasn’t been too hard on you all!

I gotta ask…how well can you guys see in the costumes?? Are the others basically playing their instruments blind? I assume you and Yoav must be able to see through the light display or have cameras?

(P.S. If you saw someone with a homemade Rust helmet that was probably me)

Lmao honestly we can’t see at all - we see through small eye holes, through dark tinted glass. It’s a miracle we can perform!

[thebowerypresents]

The Living Tombstone – Webster Hall – October 7, 2025

The Living Tombstone began as a solo project for Yoav Landau to make remixes of songs from My Little Pony and then producing songs for video games. He moved to NYC nearly a decade ago and teamed up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Haft. Together, the electronic duo has continued making video-game music while also putting out original work, like their second LP, Rust, which brought them to a sold-out Webster Hall on Tuesday night.

Photos courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum | @tobytenenbaum

[samhaft]

HIII sam i swear if you read this i will die- what is your fav song?

Don’t die! Favorite song in general - I don’t know! But here’s a list in no order of ten songs I love:

Old Friend - Mitski

Joining A Fan Club - Jellyfish

Suffragette City - David Bowie

Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics

My Love Forgive Me (Amore Scusami) - Robert Goulet

Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

Gethsemane - Jesus Christ Superstar

Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails

Rock And Roll Nerd - Tim Minchin

Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple

In terms of favorite TLT songs specifically, it changes all the time, but at the moment I probably love “I Can’t Fix You” most from the stuff I didn’t work on, and “Goliath” most from the stuff I did.

Thanks for your question!

[samhaft]

hi sam! a bit of a silly question, but do you rock climb at all? after my brother (an avid climber) and i saw you guys in concert last year, he had offhandedly mentioned that you have a "rock climber build" and wondered aloud if you actually do climb lol. so i felt like attempting to answer his question :] (and if not, I highly recommend it! extremely fun way to excersise!!)

(p.s. the orlando 2024 show was an amazing experience and now we're going to two shows this year!!)

That’s such a specific comment - I’m flattered! I don’t rock climb much but I probably should, as some of the hardest to develop muscles for me have been my lats, delts, and grip strength. I do greatly enjoy rock climbing gyms the handful of times I’ve been to them!

Enjoy the shows this year! :)

[samhaft]

Hello Sam!! I hope you're having a great day or night.

I went to the Buenos Aires show and it was a blast! An unfrogettable experience. Thank you for giving it your all onstage.

I was wondering what are your thoughts and the bands' on LATAM so far: how different is it from the States/ the northern hemisphere in general? Were you surprised by anything in particular? Were there any challenges you had to overcome?

Wish you the best on the rest of the tour and beyond!!

Hi, thanks for coming!

Our LATAM experience was very consistent with what a lot of artists say about touring there - the fan enthusiasm is totally off the charts! Literally every show was among our favorite audiences ever, and crowds were singing along super loud to stuff I never expected, like our new Rust songs! I think the major difference in LATAM is how vocal the crowds are - our crowds sing along everywhere (we love it), but the number of spontaneous crowd chants were definitely higher than any other region! Also an interesting difference we noticed only in LATAM is that people usually record with their phones horizontal instead of vertical everywhere else!

In terms of challenges, it was a really difficult schedule - every day was either a concert or an early morning international flight, so we had VERY little sleep, and we had to take ALL our gear, from costumes to microphones to drum cymbals, through all the airports. That was super difficult! We almost missed a couple fights! We also had a series of random illnesses among the band and crew, including a stomach virus so bad it required a nurse to come to a venue with an IV for someone less than an hour before the show. It was a major challenge, but SO gratifying! We can’t wait to come back :)

[samhaft]

Hey Sam, I'm Jay from the /@tombstones.chile fanclub account on Instagram, and the one who handed you and Yoav a giftbox with freebies and candy, and the album with drawings and letters on the Santiago concert.

I am so incredibly honored to have met you guys, and even more so to have made you guys something alongside the entire community for you to enjoy.

Forgot to mention this because I was sooo nervous to have you guys in front of me, but it was my birthday! Best gift ever. Period.

I am writing this after the concert and... Wow. One of the best nights of my life. Thank you so much for coming here, and hope to see you again!

Thanks so much! That was the first time we’ve met people in charge of any kind of “TLT fan club” so it meant a lot - and we love the gifts you gave us!

Happy birthday! Viva Chile!

[samhaft]

Hi sam!!! I've had a question wondering around since the Creation of tombsonas ,do you have ever seen ,in your case rust,as an alter-ego? (Something like David Bowie and ziggie stardust) Or you just see it as a character you created and You interpret?

Good question! I think of the tombsonas as their own characters, BUT I do think when we’re performing they certainly are like alter egos, in that not only do each of us in the costumes bring a lot of our own personality into the way the characters behave, but the characters also give us the opportunity to take our personal traits and theatrically magnify them. There are traits of the characters we feel like we interpret but there are also traits of ours the characters allow us to explore!

[samhaft]

Hi Sam big fan!! Love your work and I absolutely lost my voice and body hurt for 3 days straight after TLT concert in Perú (PERU ES CLAVEEE)

I'm having major surgery soon and have been scared but the concert genuinely helped me so much I just wanted to thank you. I also have a question, how long does it take you to make a song from start to finish? I've started making songs in FL studio as a creative outlet and it's awesome!! But the learning curve feels huge..is there something you would recommend/say? Thank you!!

Hi! First of all, best of luck with your surgery, second of all, Perú es clave!!

When Yoav and I first started writing together, sometimes we’d write a song in an afternoon! However the longer we’ve been working together the more time we spend on everything. In part I think that’s a function of having a bigger operation - more expensive videos, distributing through a label, a bigger audience which makes us feel more perfectionist / like we have more responsibility to make the best music we possibly can, etc. Now usually a song is at minimum 1-2 months of iterating!

Unfortunately I can’t give you tips with FL Studio (because I personally use Logic!) but I think Yoav learned a lot about operating the software from a combination of YouTube and a lot of experimentation.

[samhaft]

hi sam. i'm a little sick in bed rn and i just wanna sleep a little but since i'm up doing college assignments i figured i'd take a couple of mins to write something even if short. i wanna say so much more but i need to rest so i'll come back here when i'm feeling better to say everything i want to.

you and yoav were here on my country a few days ago, i went to monday 18th's TLT show (teatro coliseo, chile) with my best friend. i had the night of my life. i feel like i experienced what freedom actually feels like. i cannot stress enough just how much i feel this show altered my brain chemistry and made an irreversible change in my life (in a very good way).

my eyes feel heavy. i'll come back in a couple of days maybe because there's so much more i wanna say, but for now? i just wanna thank you and yoav. thank you the living tombstone for bringing joy into my life. thank you TLT for the best night of my life. thank you sam and yoav for letting me experience a freedom i never thought i could ever have.

please come to chile again one day. i already miss you guys. love ya guys

- Rain

This is so sweet!! Happy birthday 🎉

[samhaft]

getting two tlt tattoos at the end of this month (tlt and rust obvs) is that totally weird or do yous support all your odd fans endeavours?

I love seeing TLT tattoos in the wild! We had a fan in the USA who has a TLT forearm tattoo who was at the barricade of like four different shows, and the tattoo helped us recognize them! (It was a zero_one skull icon!)

[samhaft]

Silly question

Tesla is purple or pink?

Neither and both! Magenta!