SOM release new music video for ‘Awake // Sedate’
SOM have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Awake // Sedate, is taken from the atmospheric rock collective’s (featuring current and former members of CONSTANTS, JUNIUS, and CASPIAN) upcoming new EP, Awake, which is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Blood Blast.
The new music video was first premiered via Brooklyn Vegan and Visions. The song’s accompanying music video was written and directed by Samia Zaidi, a queer Muslim artist and filmmaker based in the East Bay area and Los Angeles.
Speaking about the new music video, guitarist Mike Repasch-Nieves says, “Samia’s a long-time friend, and we’d been looking for a chance to collaborate. Upon hearing the song, she almost immediately came up with this concept for the video. We let her run with it, and couldn’t be happier with the results. It feels like it echoes the emotional journeys of so many over this past year.”
Director Samia Zaidi adds, “this song feels like a dream sequence full of raw emotion, the lyrics so anchored within immediate reality. Setting out to create an audio-visual time capsule of this strange year together felt appropriate. Our goal was simple: to create a chromatic tapestry capturing just one of these endless sleepless nights we’ve been experiencing since last spring in a gritty and intimate way. I wanted to intercut our hero’s literal reality with fleeting representations of her subconscious. Color and light would play a huge role in demarcating new corners of the same space but also new corners of the same psyche. The limitations due to the pandemic were a blessing in disguise. Our shoot was beyond stripped down. This simple approach was such a beautiful way to re-experience a medium I’ve always known to be inherently complex. For anybody who’s found themselves alone in their homes free from the usual preoccupations; whose one-dimensional spaces turned into multi-verses with wormholes; who’s found new ways to experience the same walls, floors, and ceilings, I hope this resonates with you.”
Watch the official music video for Awake // Sedate here:
The upcoming EP combies two exclusive original songs with remixes by collaborators HOLY FAWN, HISSELF (Johnny Dang of O’BROTHER), U DYE (Marshall Gallagher of TEENAGE WRIST), and Giuseppe Capolupo (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA). “Our past projects were very exploratory,” explains drummer Duncan Rich. “With SOM, it’s a lot more focused. Creating in a pandemic has imposed limits – it’s a test of working within boundaries. How do we make something expansive, yet digestible and impactful?” The tracks are part of SOM’s ongoing mission to ‘leave this place better than we found it.'”
Alongside the release of the new music video, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming EP below:
Track List:
1. Awake // Sedate
2. Youth // Decay
3. Awake // Sedate (HOLY FAWN Remix)
4. Youth // Decay (hisself Remix)
5. Open Wounds (U DYE Remix)
6. Prayers (Giuseppe Capolupo Remix)
Awake is set for release on March 5th via Blood Blast. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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