With their new album “The Shape of Everything” released next week on Pelagic Records, U.S ‘doom pop’ outfit SOM have shared the new video for the dreamy post-metal track ‘Center’, directed by Samia Zaidi. Will Benoit from the band comments,
“‘Center’ was one of the first songs we worked on as a band remotely during lockdown. The vocals were originally written for another project that ultimately got shelved, but I really liked what I had come up with and couldn’t just leave them on a hard drive to die. The chorus has this anthemic, almost pop hook, but if you read the lyrics and look under the hood, the song is much darker. I love songs that present themselves one way on first listen, but can take you somewhere completely different the more you pay attention. I felt like there was room on The Shape of Everything to explore a slightly different tone like this one, but outside the vocals, I honestly had no vision for where it could be taken musically. So we tried an experiment: can the band write music around an existing vocal? Particularly in a time when we couldn’t all be in the same room anyway, it seemed like a good time to try out a different approach. I sent the isolated vocal tracks to everyone on top of a simple drum beat. Joel and Justin went back and forth developing the instrumental melodies and dynamics until we settled on this big dirging riff that really only changes to make the verses drive harder. Mike added lush, drippy guitars over the top and brought the whole thing to life. It took a lot of Zoom calls and sending flles back and forth, which probably made this the most challenging song to finish on the album — both lyrically and musically — but it’s heavy, it’s pretty, and it accomplishes a lot of what I hope to accomplish with SOM all inside of a 4-minute song.”
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Maybeshewill announce first London headline show since 2016
Following their final sold out show at Koko in 2016 and subsequent hiatus, Maybeshewill are now set to return with their first London headline show at Islington Assembly Hall on 15th December 2021. The band comment,“We’re excited for our first show back and first proper headline show since Koko in 2016. Having returned to the studio this year we’ll be using it as an opportunity to debut new material and revisit our back catalogue.”
Continue reading Maybeshewill announce first London headline show since 2016GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT Releases New Video “In Flux”
Reigning as one of the most well-known and highly critically acclaimed experimental instrumental groups out there with a respected musical legacy spanning nearly 20 years, Irish four-piece GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT just reached a career benchmark with the release of their critical acclaimed 10th studio album, Ghost Tapes #10, a little over a month ago.
Continue reading GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT Releases New Video “In Flux”MONO announce new live album ‘Beyond The Past’ / Listen to ‘Meet Us Where the Night Ends’
For two decades, MONO have defined and re-fined a kind of orchestral rock that is as emotional as it is experimental. Their 10 studio albums over those 20 years have established MONO as what Pitchfork described as “one of the most distinctive bands of the 21st Century.” Meanwhile, their live concerts are typically more subdued in instrumentation – and more supercharged in volume and voltage. Rarely is there the opportunity to combine those two experiences. In their 20-year history as a band, MONO have presented no more than a half-dozen live concerts featuring the support of an orchestra. Such events are not only unusual they are also unforgettable.
Continue reading MONO announce new live album ‘Beyond The Past’ / Listen to ‘Meet Us Where the Night Ends’French post-rock four-piece flyingdeadman streamed new EP ‘The night’ // Out now on digital exclusive through all streaming services
French instrumental post-rock four-piece flyingdeadman just released a brand new EP called ‘The night’ on digital exclusive through Bandcamp and all the main streaming services.
Continue reading French post-rock four-piece flyingdeadman streamed new EP ‘The night’ // Out now on digital exclusive through all streaming servicesPG.LOST (FEATURING MEMBERS OF CULT OF LUNA, The Great Discord & EX-GHOST) SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ’SHELTER’
Trapped in a cavern, it’s pitch black and the air is getting harder and harder to breathe. Disoriented, hands follow the walls to find what could be the ceiling, fingers digging into the rock to find something– anything– loose to help point toward a direction out. Suddenly, a rock frees itself and after clearing away some dirt, a pin of blinding light shines through the enveloping darkness. Clearing away soil and rock with more and more vigor, hope and salvation is just a short way from here.
Continue reading PG.LOST (FEATURING MEMBERS OF CULT OF LUNA, The Great Discord & EX-GHOST) SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ’SHELTER’
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