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Artist
Som
12+ albums
shoegazePost-Metalpost-rockpsytrancedream pop
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There are multiple artists named Som (or SOM.) (1) SOM is a Shoe gaze or "Doom-pop" band on the Pelagic Records Roster. The band currently Consists of Will Benoit (Voice, Bass, Guitar, Electronics), Justin Forrest (Drums, Bass), Mike Repasch-Nieves (Guitar, Piano) , Joel Reynolds (Guitar, Synth) "Following their spring 2021 Awake EP and shimmering cover of Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted,” the new single “Animals” finds SOM refining a sound that has been called “doom pop” by Metal Injection, with ethereal heartfelt vocals atop huge riffs alternating between gritty & atmospheric. The accompanying video was directed by Toshadeva Palani (Alcest, Junius, Angel Olsen). “Animals” is the first single from the quintet’s second full-length, The Shape of Everything, to be released January 21, 2022. Following the acclaim accrued by 2018 debut The Fall, the group (comprised of current and former members of Constants, Junius, and recent Grammy nominees Caspian) had planned to enter the studio in 2020 to record the follow-up. However, pandemic-induced lockdown forced them to improvise and record entirely remotely, producing 2021’s luscious Awake EP. This new workflow redefined SOM’s process, which carried into the completion of their forthcoming LP. Its concise compositions balance gritty riffs with airy vocal lines that will appeal to fans of Deftones and Tame Impala alike, and are just as primed for rock radio as for shoegaze-loving connoisseurs. “About halfway through the writi
