SANNHET prepare for U.S. tour, premiere new music video for “Fernbeds”

SANNHET prepare for U.S. tour, premiere new music video for “Fernbeds”See them on the road May 30 – June 16 with Self Defense Family

Having just returned from an extensive European jaunt, Brooklyn-based avant noir trio SANNHET are  preparing to embark on a U.S. tour in the next two weeks.  Today, in  anticipation of the tour, the band has unveiled a never-before-seen  music video for the sprawling, expansive single “Fernbeds.” The song appears on the band’s most recent full-length So Numb, which was released last year via Profound Lore.
  
 Director, editor, and Sannhet bassist AJ Annunziata commented:
 “The  video is about performance anxiety in the pursuit of validation.  The  character, whose dream depicts his internal struggle between might and  mercy, awakes from a stress-induced nightmare. In the grips of insomnia  and anxiety, he medicates himself.  In his quest to obtain purpose  through accomplishment, the weight of obligation smothers him, and he  ultimately dies in his sleep.”
  
  
 Watch the video for “Fernbeds” now on YouTube.
  
  
 The video stars Michael Berden, Sara Perez and Vic Sin.  Berden, who is one half of the band Uniform,  also battles with anxiety disorder.  Annunziata said he selected Berden  for this role as he knew he could evoke “the same sickness in him that I  have felt,” said AJ.  He continued:
  
 “The ferns represent nothingness. Purgatory, banality, the ultimate damnation for the ego-driven entity. 
  
 This  storyline basically touches on my deepest fear which is dying in my  sleep after a night of indulgence and having all the projects and  obligations I started left undone. Letting everyone down. The dichotomy  is that I create the pressures for myself and really the only person it  would affect would be myself. The perfect twist of fate for the  egomaniac.
  
 New  Yorkers work really fucking hard, whether you’re a full-time suit or in  the arts, service, or whatever, we work so hard, far beyond our means  or comfort, and in our leisure time we basically comatose ourselves. It  becomes a dark circle.”
  
  
 On this video, SANNHET  continue to utilize intense visuals to further enhance the impact of  the band. Visual aesthetics have played a significant part in their  continued evolution, nowhere more so than in their live shows, with  visuals triggered by the band as they perform. 
  
 See SANNHET on tour as of May 30th in the United States:
 May 30 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
 May 31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar *
 June 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Philmoca *
 June 2 – Washington, DC @ DC9 *
 June 3 – Asheville, NC @ Mothlight *
 June 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Purgatory *
 June 7 – Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Room *
 June 8 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda *
 June 9 – Albuquerque, NM @ The Warehouse
 June 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo *
 June 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill *
 June 13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records
 June 14 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater *
 June 16 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
  
 * w/ Self Defense Family
  
 SANNHET is:
 Christopher Todd - drums and samples
 John Refano - guitar and loopers
 AJ Annunziata - bass guitar and visuals
  
 “Fernbeds” video credits:
 Direction, Editing & Graphics by AJ Annunziata & Sannhet
 Director of Photography - Matt Canada
 Gaffer - Daniel Lipski
 Cast: Sara Perez, Vic Sin, Michael Berdan
  
  
 So Numb by SANNHET is available to order here, via Profound Lore.

Band photo by: Jimmy Hubbard.