Best wishes to Brooklyn three-piece Somnuri, who this evening find themselves in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to begin a round of Fall shows along the Eastern Seaboard that will run for the next two weeks and leave them off in Buffalo, New York, after looping as far inland as Ohio. They go supporting the righteous cause of June 2021’s Nefarious Wave (review here) on Blues Funeral Records, and to herald the undertaking — and it’s worth mentioning that they’re playing with awesome bands up and down and side to side as they go — they’ve got a new video up for the hooky, metallic “In the Grey,” which I like both for its unashamed harsh-verse/clean-chorus interplay and for its use of “grey” with an ‘e’ instead of an ‘a.’ Also the video’s pretty funny.

Unlike the clip that accompanied the title-track in July (it’s also below if you don’t feel like clicking), this one was not put together by drummer Phil SanGiacomo, but one can hardly hold that against it given the layering and green-screen chicanery director Susan Hunt undertakes. It’s a good time, and the song is killer, and it’s the fourth video they’ve put out from Nefarious Wave, but like I said last time, the more the merrier. In this age of things-aren’t-the-way-they-used-to-be, I’m not sure why a band like Somnuri would stop putting out videos from one album until they either ran out of tracks or money or had another album to start putting out videos from.

In my mind, this band carries a legacy of aggro New York sludge that goes back at least 20 years, and they make it their own. Being from outside the city, I appreciate what they do, and to be honest with you, posting about them makes me happy. So here we are.

Enjoy:

Somnuri, “In the Grey” official video

Like a whirlwind of progressive sludge and post-hardcore tinged with black metallic blasts, this new single once again showcases the NYC trio’s mastery for crushing genre boundaries, injecting contrast and various influences in their music, making it so exciting and unique. Says the band about the video: “‘In The Grey’ encompasses a lot of the different styles from our new record, ‘Nefarious Wave.’ The song is about the idea of being stuck in limbo or oblivion and confronting that inner turmoil. The video was produced and directed by Susan Hunt (Five Sigma Films).”

SOMNURI is:
Justin Sherrell — guitars/vocals (also bass on the album)
Philippe Arman — bass
Phil SanGiacomo — drums

Somnuri, “Nefarious Wave” official video

Somnuri, Nefarious Wave (2021)

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