For SOM, tone is everything. The Massachusetts-based quartet, featuring members of such shoegaze and post-rock heavy hitters as Caspian, Junius, and Constants, play the kind of somber, glimmering music that exudes a heavy fog of emotion and introspection around it. On their full-length debut The Fall, the band take their time crafting tracks that even in their more punishing moments are thick with sentiment, good and bad. It’s this resonance that has made them a hit in underground music circles, and will undoubtedly draw in fans of acts like Deftones and Chevelle who are looking for something a little more subterranean. READ THIS: Spotlights are the dreamy, heavy tidal wave crashing into your life this week Stranger, the band’s new animated music video, interprets this sen...
