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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
ARTIST..: SOM
ALBUM...: The Fall
GENRE...: Alternative
STYLE...: Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Metal, Indie
YEAR....: 2018
LABEL...: Radar Studios
ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
BITRATE.: 1064kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels
SOURCE..: CD
TRACKS..: 9
SIZE....: 278.93 MB
URL..: http://www.facebook.com/somtheband/
- TRACKLIST
1 Prayers 4:00
2 Chemical Joy 4:20
3 Open Wounds 4:26
4 Black Out The Sky 4:28
5 Ten Years 4:25
6 Starless Sky 4:22
7 Stranger 4:32
8 Reflection 1:16
9 Aerosols 3:59
Total Playtime: 35:48
Prayers official video post while awaiting full album release of "The Fall":
SOM, a supergroup of sorts comprised of three underrated figures who have had
their hands in more than a few integral musical pots over the past
decade-plus. Singer/guitarist/keyboardist Will Benoit was a member of the
highly-regarded Boston band Constants, the original bassist for Junius and
currently acts a touring member of Rosetta, as well as being the owner of
Radar Studios and handling an array of production, engineering and mastering
duties for bands like Caspian, Junius, A Film In Color and others. Bassist
Justin Forrest has previously been in Adai and is a current touring member of
both Caspian and Junius. Drummer Duncan Rich was a founding member of
Constants and has been a representative for bands like If These Trees Could
Talk and Junius in booking endeavors. They've now come together to bring a
barrage of glorious frowns to listeners who love music to hurt by.
SOM captures the aesthetic of driving rain pouring down from the gloom
overhead to meet fires bursting forth from within the earth; a joining of
despair and fury that expands exponentially the presence and power of both
and seizes listeners within a fearsome maelstrom that feels curiously
comforting. It's like sonic Stockholm Syndrome, but in a good way. SOM isn't
designed to make you feel happy, but their compositions are rife with the
kinds of rugged-but-tranquilizing riffs that characterize the finest aural
cultivations of both the post-metal and shoegaze subgenres. In doing so they,
along with audio engineer Daryl Rabidoux (Drowningman, The Cancer
Conspiracy), have crafted a record that is as hypnotic as it is heavy.
"Prayers," like many of the songs that join it on The Fall, is first and
foremost born out of a fierce and transfixing groove. Simple in presentation
but powerful in execution, the methodical chug lain down by Forrest and Rich
provide a perfect anchor around which Benoit can swirl layers of crackling
synths and ethereal vocals. Although on the surface they sound quite
different, SOM is in many ways like conceptual brethren of another
Boston-area band, Astronoid; in a similar way that Astronoid brings a light
into the typically dark realm of thrash metal, SOM lends an arresting silver
lining to the downbeat, grey palettes of the doom-leaning soundscapes they
exist within. Another way to describe "Prayers" is to imagine the meanest
breakdowns to come out of the Deftones discography, then surround them with a
pulsing haze of uniquely uplifting vocals that don't necessarily brighten the
mood as much as they add a bewitching counterpoint to the somber tones
surrounding them, like a single ray of sunlight piercing an overcast sky.
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P.S.
** Thanks ***
*** BCC FNT IPC SSR ***
*** For Knowing Where The Music Is At ***
*** Props to CaHeSo, awesome Asian Indie/Shoegaze ***
*** And to FANG/HOUND for supporting all the Indie lovers out there ***
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