Somnuri - Nefarious Wave - VINYL LP

Seaglass Blue Vinyl. Somnuri does not keep their feet planted in surface reality. The Brooklyn-based trio's flavor of heavy metal stomps from genre to genre with the fervor and confidence of a band ready to cross thresholds of all that's perceivable and possible. Somnuri comprises lead guitarist and singer Justin Sherrell, drummer Phil SanGiancomo and bassist Mike Gaworecki. They've earned attention from publications including Revolver Magazine, BrooklynVegan, MetalSucks, MetalHammer, and others. Their latest effort is a testament to the band's insatiable work ethic and cements them as one of heavy metal's most exciting emerging artists.

Foo Fighters anxiously anticipated seventh album, WASTING LIGHT, produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, was recorded entirely on analog tape in the garage of Dave Grohl's home in California's San Fernando Valley. The new record marks the Foo Fighters first full length effort with legendary producer Butch Vig, who previously produced new tracks InchWheelsInch and InchWord ForwardInch on 2009s GREATEST HITS and with whom Dave Grohl (of course) first worked on Nirvanas classic NEVERMIND. Nirvana co-founder Krist Novoselic also makes a cameo, contributing bass and accordion to InchI Should Have Known,Inch while former Nirvana touring guitarist and longtime extended FF family member Pat Smear now joins the permanent FF core of Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett.

Swami Records is excited to glom onto Chicago punks Meat Wave for the of their fourth album Malign Hex. Ryan Wizniak (drums), Joe Gac (bass) and Chris Sutter (vocals, guitar) strip back the InchWindy City SoundInch and expose a more jagged and turbulent frame. The ten-track album, which features singles InchWhat Would You Like Me To DoInch as well as InchRidiculous CarInch and InchHonest Living,Inch was recorded by Gac in 2019 and serves as the band's most cohesive, dynamic and ambitious work to date. InchOur sound in the beginning was consistently very driving,Inch says Gac. InchNow, that characteristic is merely a tool we can reach for. I don't think it completely defines what we're doing.Inch Meat Wave spent the last half of 2019 chipping away at Malign Hex. InchWe recorded it the same way we always have-live in a room together,Inch says drummer Ryan Wizniak. InchBut we allowed ourselves to embellish more and take more chances with extra instrumentation.Inch While Malign Hex does incorporate synths, organs and walls of guitar, it provides only nuance and atmosphere and does not displace Meat Wave from their meat locker.The album's lyrics center around themes of lineage and explores a litany of subjects and circumstances addiction, greed, unreliable memory, obedience. All through a surrealist, collage-like lens. InchEveryone wears a backpack full of hexes,Inch Chris Sutter explains. InchIt's heavy and familial. And it's yours.Inch