With some momentous shows on the calendar for the summer – including a tour of Japan (with Silent Pendulum Records labelmates Seek) and a slot on The Postman Syndrome's first show in two decades – post-metal visionaries So Hideous have released a brand new single, "Bright Black Beach."
Stream "Bright Black Beach" in two versions, here – an AI-generated music video and a playthrough video showing drummer Michael Kadnar performing the song: https://www.invisibleoranges.com/so-hideous-bright-black-beach/
A standalone single, "Bright Black Beach" is So Hideous' first new music since the highly acclaimed None But A Pure Heart Can Sing, which MetalSucks called, "the best experimental black metal album of 2021." Invisible Oranges' review of that album stated: "Combining symphonic elements with an antagonistic angst-aggregation of post-black/shoegaze/hardcore, So Hideous strikes at the heart with a sweeping combination of majestic grandeur and knife-in-the-gut agony."
New single "Bright Black Beach" begins as a haunted Western lament, then rips open into a full-blast deluge of blackened fury. Guitarist Brandon Cruz states: "This song was written during the 'None But A Pure Heart Can Sing' sessions but did not fit the tone of the album and was recorded shortly thereafter. 'None But A Pure Heart Can Sing' was all about forward momentum and very optimistic in its way –– an album that was restless and excited about possibility. This song, on the other hand, had that sepia toned introspection thing that reminded me of something like Lana Del Rey's 'Ultraviolence.'"
Cruz continues: "For me, the beach at night always feels like a calm and reflective place... a nice respite from all the traffic and noise. But you still have to respect the element of danger in the ocean. I envisioned someone walking a moonlit beach for the entirety of their life, looking at their past, present, and future memories, and eventually drowning in them."
Invisible Oranges states: "Evoking the sounds of shoegaze and black metal in unison... A beautiful and uncompromising listen."
Drummer Michael Kadnar discusses his use of brushes and blastbeats within the dynamic song: "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."
The song was engineered, mixed and mastered by The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Kevin Antreassian at Backroom Studios.
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
Photo by Sean Ageman
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