SANNHET have confirmed details of their new album, which is titled So Numb and will be released via Profound Lore on August 25, 2017.
Listen to Way Out here:
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The New York-based three piece have always been hard to classify. Since 2010, they have played instrumental music that's heavy and light, cinematic and intimate, dense but minimal. You could call them "post" something, "experimental metal," or "math rock," but none of that's quite right and the band has thrown another wrinkle into the mix with So Numb. While they don't write lyrics, they do write subtexts. They pen love letters, extended epistles, and suicide notes, all without words. With So Numb, SANNHET create a new world out of very few ingredients.
Though SANNHET meditate on life's imperfect escapes, So Numb's nine songs showcase the band facing life's pain and joy with their eyes wide open. The collection's emotional landscape is one of existential dread, melancholy, and loss - ammunition for escapists. Despite these existential conundrums, So Numb has an uplifting, euphoric feel.
The collection was recorded and produced by Peter Katis, who's known for his work with Mercury Rev, Interpol, the National, and Oneida among others. Working with Katis, the production illuminates a more open sound for the band. While Sannhet's second album, 2015's Revisionist, was bigger and harsher than their 2013 debut, Known Flood, they offer a more wistful, melodic approach here.
The cover of SANNHET's third album, So Numb, features a mother shielding her son's eyes with her hands - an allegory depicting the protection one receives from their parents, but it isn't meant to be sentimental. As the mother shelters her child, she inadvertently creates a false sense of safety. The child, in turn, spends it's life seeking comfort and escape in temporary solutions.
1. Indigo Illusion
2. Sapphire
3. So Numb
4. Fernbeds
5. Salts
6. Way Out
7. Secondary Arrows
8. Sleep Well
9. Wind Up
SANNHET is:
Christopher Todd - drums and samples
John Refano - guitar and loopers
AJ Annunziata - bass guitar and visuals
So Numb by SANNHET is available to pre-order here, via Profound Lore:
https://profoundlorerecords.com/sannhet/
https://www.facebook.com/sannhet/
