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Somnia is the recording project of musician and producer Matthew Marks. Based in Upstate New York, Marks began releasing a number of singles as Somnia in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Somnia's first EP, "<a href="spotify:album:4oLv4ddUFJ9nPCH7IxYcmL" data-name="Homebody">Homebody</a>," was released in 2021; A dreamy, reverb-heavy collage of bedroom pop production (<a href="spotify:track:2esMpCbJSlFF0xyy99RlkI" data-name="Time and Space">Time and Space</a>, <a href="spotify:track:5WSiOo1MvOUpycDBYXijbY" data-name="Egoisms">Egoisms</a>) and emo and pop punk influences (<a href="spotify:track:4mdOCt73LsseEekwmiVjeb" data-name="On Without">On Without</a>, <a href="spotify:track:6My9clzASOTEGabpOvHjhG" data-name="Lotus">Lotus</a>). Marks recorded and produced the album himself in makeshift home studios whilst moving between apartments while crafting the EP.
In 2023, the album “<a href="spotify:album:5qmEEixZe53MpPupT4bqas" data-name="THINGS GO WELL">THINGS GO WELL</a>” signaled a shift away from emo and singer-songwriter sensibilities, incorporating elements of psychedelic and baroque pop (<a href="spotify:track:14qpANlnjQuaCKMnMobeOc" data-name="BRAND NEW SKY">BRAND NEW SKY</a>), shoegazey dream pop (<a href="spotify:track:0FGkJFQQLeJY27C4wsCmKk" data-name="CLOCKWORK">CLOCKWORK</a>, <a href="spotify:track:0vL5YJnE9oUY9PXczTlLeE" data-name="LOST IN YOU">LOST IN YOU</a>) and even bossa nova tinged yacht rock (<a href="spotify:track:2x8xGqhpNWX1ddGegt0FRc" data-name="FLOOD">FLOOD</a>). Marks would also spend the year producing and mixing for the Los Angeles-based indie act <a href="spotify:artist:5iKu7aK5GOT5qH81dXKhDW" data-name="BLOKES">BLOKES</a> among other rising artists.
In 2024, Marks founded the independent label and studio, Sleep Studies Sound. His upcoming sophomore album will be released on the label. The lead single “<a href="spotify:track:0PHWUAOWjmtDe0LHrUdXi9" data-name="Another's Company">Another's Company</a>”, was released in August 2024.
To buy music/merch: somniamusic.bandcamp.com
Somnia's first EP, "<a href="spotify:album:4oLv4ddUFJ9nPCH7IxYcmL" data-name="Homebody">Homebody</a>," was released in 2021; A dreamy, reverb-heavy collage of bedroom pop production (<a href="spotify:track:2esMpCbJSlFF0xyy99RlkI" data-name="Time and Space">Time and Space</a>, <a href="spotify:track:5WSiOo1MvOUpycDBYXijbY" data-name="Egoisms">Egoisms</a>) and emo and pop punk influences (<a href="spotify:track:4mdOCt73LsseEekwmiVjeb" data-name="On Without">On Without</a>, <a href="spotify:track:6My9clzASOTEGabpOvHjhG" data-name="Lotus">Lotus</a>). Marks recorded and produced the album himself in makeshift home studios whilst moving between apartments while crafting the EP.
In 2023, the album “<a href="spotify:album:5qmEEixZe53MpPupT4bqas" data-name="THINGS GO WELL">THINGS GO WELL</a>” signaled a shift away from emo and singer-songwriter sensibilities, incorporating elements of psychedelic and baroque pop (<a href="spotify:track:14qpANlnjQuaCKMnMobeOc" data-name="BRAND NEW SKY">BRAND NEW SKY</a>), shoegazey dream pop (<a href="spotify:track:0FGkJFQQLeJY27C4wsCmKk" data-name="CLOCKWORK">CLOCKWORK</a>, <a href="spotify:track:0vL5YJnE9oUY9PXczTlLeE" data-name="LOST IN YOU">LOST IN YOU</a>) and even bossa nova tinged yacht rock (<a href="spotify:track:2x8xGqhpNWX1ddGegt0FRc" data-name="FLOOD">FLOOD</a>). Marks would also spend the year producing and mixing for the Los Angeles-based indie act <a href="spotify:artist:5iKu7aK5GOT5qH81dXKhDW" data-name="BLOKES">BLOKES</a> among other rising artists.
In 2024, Marks founded the independent label and studio, Sleep Studies Sound. His upcoming sophomore album will be released on the label. The lead single “<a href="spotify:track:0PHWUAOWjmtDe0LHrUdXi9" data-name="Another's Company">Another's Company</a>”, was released in August 2024.
To buy music/merch: somniamusic.bandcamp.com