{"product_id":"som-the-shape-of-everything-lp-gatefold","title":"SOM - The Shape Of Everything - LP Gatefold","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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 \u0026amp; atmospheric. The accompanying video was  directed by Toshadeva Palani (Alcest, Junius,  Angel Olsen).\u003cbr\u003e\"Animals\" is the first single from the quintet’s  second full-length, The Shape of Everything, to  be released January 21, 2022 – right on time  for the heavy shoegazers' European tour opening for Katatonia and Sólstafir.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing 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.\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e“About halfway through the writing cycle for our new record, I woke up to an email from our  guitar player Joel with an mp3 attached called ‘animals’,” says vocalist and guitarist Will Benoit. “He  sent it at like 3 or 4 AM, so I knew he was excited to share something that he had obviously stayed up late working on. He was living in Richmond at the time and this was during last year’s George  Floyd protests, so he was front row watching monuments getting torn down and experiencing a real  cultural shift. Later on he said it was both horrible and inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e“I was pretty blown away by the demo. From the first note of that lonely, haunting guitar intro all the  way through the heightened tension of the instrumental outro — that was all in his original version, and  it felt like lightning in a bottle that I had to dig in on immediately. I remember I was running errands all morning, and in the car I was bouncing back and forth between listening to the demo  and recording voice memos of all the vocal melodies on my phone. By 11 AM I had the chorus lyrics  and harmonies worked out, by 2 PM I was back in the studio and had all the vocals recorded pretty  close to how they are on the album.”\u003cbr\u003eIt’s this creative efficiency and sense of intuition in songwriting that gives The Shape Of Everything its  compelling power. The intentional, self-imposed paradigm of minimalism, the aim to reduce each  musical idea to its emotive essence is what makes the band sound huge —  and of course the flawless, modern yet incredibly warm and rich production by Will Benoit himself. The album was recorded, mixed  and mastered at his own Radar Studio in Connecticut – New England’s first solar-powered recording  facility.\u003cbr\u003eThe tracks are part of SOM’s ongoing mission to “leave this place better than we found it.\" Frontman  Will Benoit co-founded the outfit with drummer and former Constants colleague Duncan Rich, as well as Adai founder and now-Caspian drummer Justin Forrest. While touring on The Fall, the band  recruited old friends guitarists Mike Repasch-Nieves and Joel M. Reynolds, both formerly of Junius  and Driftoff.\u003cbr\u003eWhile many artists lumbered in inactivity, SOM used the darkness of recent times to create and heal.\u003cbr\u003eThe Shape of Everything’s introspective bliss is an insight into the kind of harmony the quintet seek to  cultivate in all facets of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53421891977559,"sku":"P-116920-","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/SOM-The-Shape-Of-Everything-LP-Gatefold-116920-1-1637650520.jpg?v=1778101674","url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/products\/som-the-shape-of-everything-lp-gatefold","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}