Somnuri Touring with Plague Years in March
A bit of should-I-shouldn’t-I when it comes to posting these Somnuri tour dates, to be honest. The Brooklyn torchbearers or post-metallic sludge noise are headed out with Plague Years in March, and that’s super as their album which you can stream in its entirety below is a cause well worth supporting, but inevitably in putting this together my head turns to the hometown show and would I go and probably not because my head’s not there yet and what if my head’s never there again and what happens if I get sick and die painfully and alone in some hospital surrounded by passive aggressive nurses who a little bit think I deserve the death being dealt because I’m fat and stupid and if only I’d gotten a seventh shot — I’ve had three, so I’m on my way — I wouldn’t be getting these just desserts. And no one will care except for 30 seconds on the stoner rock internet before they remember that there are infinity other blogs and that YouTube and Spotify playlists are better anyway and the last thing my son will have said to me is “I don’t love you” which is how he greets me every morning now and I deserve that too because I guess sometimes I make him put on shoes and that’s a dick move anyway and maybe if I’d gone running around the block yesterday afternoon instead of popping half a xanax after the bus came I’d live forever and both justify the hazelnut and pecan butter I ate last night and be worthy in the eyes of the people I love so desperately in my own father’s sad and broken way instead of watching, exhausted and a little addled, each evening as I hit the THC dripper and beg my brain for a little bit of reprieve.
Then I weighed that against Somnuri being a good band and I decide to post the dates anyway. “For real life,” as they say on Bluey.
From the PR wire:
SOMNURI announce US co-headlining tour with Plague Years; ‘Nefarious Wave’ out now on Blues Funeral Recordings.
New York acclaimed progressive sludge metal trio SOMNURI return to the stage on a US co-headlining tour with Denver death-thrash unit Plague Years from March 4th through March 24th, 2022.
Hailing from Brooklyn, NYC, SOMNURI create a melodic whirlwind of progressive sludge and post-hardcore tinged with black metallic blasts that share DNA with High on Fire, Mastodon, Baroness and Torche. A sprawling record full of time shifts and burning ambition, their 2021 sophomore album ‘Nefarious Wave’ is a snapshot of survival and resilience in the band’s native Brooklyn, full of stark brutality and spacious hush.
SOMNURI on tour w/ Plague Years:
3/04/2022 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL
3/05/2022 Eagles Club 34 – Minneapolis, MN
3/06/2022 Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
3/07/2022 7th Circle – Denver, CO
3/08/2022 Loading Dock – Salt Lake City, UT
3/10/2022 Den Of Sin – Sacramento, CA
3/11/2022 Golden Bull – Oakland, CA
3/12/2022 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
3/13/2022 Underground – Mesa, AZ
3/15/2022 White Swan – Houston, TX
3/16/2022 Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX
3/17/2022 Boozers – Corpus Christi, TX
3/19/2022 Sidneys Saloon – New Orleans, LA
3/20/2022 Boggs – Atlanta, GA
3/22/2022 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
3/24/2022 Kingsland – Brooklyn, NY
SOMNURI self-released an ambitious and well-received debut LP in 2017, earning high marks, and powered ahead with a series of blistering shows. The arrival of bassist Philippe Arman in 2019 seemed to complete the band at last, with the addition of live vocal harmonies and slick yet thunderous low-end. A sprawling record full of time and tempo shifts, their sophomore album ‘Nefarious Wave’ is a story of survival and resilience. As naysayers flee the city, claiming the scene is dead and will never be what it used to be, SOMNURI is alive, breathing, adapting and mutating into something greater, and continues to push the possibilities of heavy music and the ideals of how a DIY band fights for their place. Watch their latest videos “Beyond Your Last Breath”, “Tooth & Nail” and “Desire Lines”, “In The Grey”.
Their new album ‘Nefarious Wave’ is out now on CD and limited vinyl edition via Blues Funeral Recordings, and on digital format via Bandcamp.
Their new album ‘Nefarious Wave’ is out now on CD and limited vinyl edition via Blues Funeral Recordings, and on digital format via Bandcamp.
SOMNURI is:
Justin Sherrell — guitars/vocals (also bass on the album)
Philippe Arman — bass
Phil SanGiacomo — drums
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