Doom-Pop Outfit Som Drop New Track, “Moment”

I’m in a foul mood this morning so I find myself craving music that’s just as dark as my disposition. That’s how it works, right? Misery surrounds misery. Or something.

Thankfully Som, comprised of current and former members of Constants, Junius and Caspian, are here to quench my thirst for the miserable with a new track from their forthcoming album, The Shape of Everything. The band’s proprietary brand of doom-pop is even a tad uplifting, so maybe there’s hope for this day after all. Whatever the case, “Moment,” their latest song, is hitting the spot.

Vocalist and guitarist Will Benoit explains:

“We wanted ‘The Shape Of Everything’ to open with something heavy and dark, but also offer some tangible hopefulness as well. So, pretty early on in the writing process, ‘Moment’ felt like the right place to start the record. It covers a lot of the sonic territory, tone, and melody we explore within this album. I was also really conscious of working to break up the wall-of-sound guitar approach in places this time around, so the chorus section became a sort of Helmet-influenced start-stop riff that works around the vocals and hopefully adds some immediacy and energy to the song. 

“When it came time to shoot the video, Justin, our bass player, and cinematographer Alex Pace, rode their motorcycles out into the Colorado desert and camped overnight so they could film the sunrise. We’d talked about the lyrics having a sort of existential bent that opens up a lot of the album’s themes, and Justin’s video is a beautiful collage that captures the emotion of it all in a compelling way. You can see how cold his hands are clawing into the sand, and that feels like a perfect metaphor for the past two years.” 

Give “Moment” a spin below. The Shape Of Everything arrives on January 21 via Pelagic; pre-order here. You can check out the previous single “Animals” as well.