Twisted Vision(s) of a "Bright Black Beach": So Hideous Share Two Videos For New Track
Post-black metal/shoegaze group So Hideous return with standalone single “Bright Black Beach” as a follow up to their 2021 album None But a Pure Heart Can Sing –- an album that we covered in one of our roundups that year. The New Yorkers’ new track starts off slowly with lightly brushed drums and tremolo picked riffs off in the distance and a heavy Western vibe before kicking into gear about two minutes in; the brushes trade out with heavy sticks and raw aggression and emotion, evoking the sounds of shoegaze and black metal in unison. It makes for both a beautiful and uncompromising listen.
Drummer Michael Kadnar (also of Downfall of Gaia) comments about the use of brushes and blast beats:
It’s been very interesting and challenging to create the textures I want in So Hideous. I studied jazz in college, so bringing that influence to the band has opened a lot of doors and definitely created a cool dichotomy between blast beats and more emotional brush work.
Today we are premiering two videos for the song: one that was an AI-generated dreamscape of sorts and the other being a drum playthrough of the same track. Plus, check out tour dates below – there are two. dates in the tri-state area bookending their Japan tour.
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So Hideous Tour Dates:
June 17 – Garwood, NJ @ Crossroads w/ The Postman Syndrome
July 6 – Osaka, Japan @ Hokage w/ Seek
July 7 – Nagoya, Japan @ Huck Finn w/ Seek
July 8 – Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan @ Cosmic Hall w/ Seek
July 9 – Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan @ Antiknock w/ Seek
July 31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus w/ Rosetta, SOM
