Films & Narratives

Trinidad State College Theatre Beyond The Door

THE VAN, a film by DUNFURFUN Productions. About a homeless woman, Alex Bell (played by Amanda Graeff) taking refuge in a broken down conversion van with her dog during a global pandemic. Story Inspired by Soft White Underbelly https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvcd0FYi58LwyTQP9LITpA specifically Lin and Glow Uncle Tom's Snuff Factory https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqUM8cWmOkYuPElC9GbbDUA Dylan Groves and Van Dwellers wasn't able to find many updates of people still living in their vans during the start of the lockdowns. https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexandriaTejas https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGu5fPDi4-KTNPI_3nVcnsQ

WAYFARER is black metal of the American West. A deconstruction of both the fury and the beauty of the untamed west through blistering song, WAYFARER present a visceral and uniquely American take on dark music. Pre-Order ‘World’s Blood’ and ‘A Romance With Violence’ here: https://wayfarer.lnk.to/music Directed by Alex Pace Filmed by Amanda Graeff and Alex Pace Edited by Alex Pace DunFurFun Productions www.dunfurfun.com Follow and listen to WAYFARER: https://wayfarer.lnk.to/music

Festival version as of 8/31/19

“Moment," taken from SOM's upcoming album, The Shape of Everything. Out January 21 via Pelagic Records. Order / Stream / Download here: https://listen.pelagic-records.com/som-tsoe https://som.band Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0l5d2oD9unQCRRogw47e2Q?si=HKeT8yPiQd-mG2rfV5CY7w Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/som/1437830814 IG: http://instagram.com/somtheband FB: http://facebook.com/somtheband Tw: http://twitter.com/somtheband Director: Alex Pace Cinematography / Edit: Alex Pace + Justin Forrest Lyrics: i’m searching for meaning in everything but the edges on everything are thinning if you can’t stand more than a moment if you can’t spend more than a lifetime then maybe I’m nothing to you now I’m searching for meaning in anything i’ll always get lost in these moments these moments that feel like a lifetime i’m finally seeing the truth that all of this comes back to you // Following their spring 2021 Awake EP and shimmering cover of Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted,” the new single “Moment" finds SOM refining a sound that has been called "doom pop" by Metal Injection, with ethereal heartfelt vocals atop huge riffs alternating between gritty & atmospheric. The accompanying video was directed by Alex Pace. “Moment" is the opening track on the quintet’s second full-length, The Shape of Everything, to be released January 21, 2022 – right on time for the heavy shoegazers' European tour opening for Katatonia and Sólstafir. Following the acclaim accrued by 2018 debut The Fall, the group (comprised of current and former members of Constants, Junius, and recent Grammy nominees Caspian) had planned to enter the studio in 2020 to record the follow-up. However, pandemic-induced lockdown forced them to improvise and record entirely remotely, producing 2021’s luscious Awake EP. This new workflow redefined SOM’s process, which carried into the completion of their forthcoming LP. Its concise compositions balance gritty riffs with airy vocal lines that will appeal to fans of Deftones and Tame Impala alike, and are just as primed for rock radio as for shoegaze-loving connoisseurs. “About halfway through the writing cycle for our new record, I woke up to an email from our guitar player Joel with an mp3 attached called ‘animals’,” says vocalist and guitarist Will Benoit. “He sent it at like 3 or 4 AM, so I knew he was excited to share something that he had obviously stayed up late working on. He was living in Richmond at the time and this was during last year’s George Floyd protests, so he was front row watching monuments getting torn down and experiencing a real cultural shift. Later on he said it was both horrible and inspiring. I was pretty blown away by the demo. From the first note of that lonely, haunting guitar intro all the way through the heightened tension of the instrumental outro — that was all in his original version, and it felt like lightning in a bottle that I had to dig in on immediately. I remember I was running errands all morning, and in the car I was bouncing back and forth between listening to the demo and recording voice memos of all the vocal melodies on my phone. By 11 AM I had the chorus lyrics and harmonies worked out, by 2 PM I was back in the studio and had all the vocals recorded pretty close to how they are on the album.” It’s this creative efficiency and sense of intuition in songwriting that gives The Shape Of Everything its compelling power. The intentional, self-imposed paradigm of minimalism, the aim to reduce each musical idea to its emotive essence is what makes the band sound huge — and of course the flawless, modern yet incredibly warm and rich production by Will Benoit himself. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at his own Radar Studio in Connecticut – New England’s first solar-powered recording facility. The tracks are part of SOM’s ongoing mission to “leave this place better than we found it." Frontman Will Benoit co-founded the outfit with drummer and former Constants colleague Duncan Rich, as well as Adai founder and now-Caspian drummer Justin Forrest. While touring on The Fall, the band recruited old friends guitarists Mike Repasch-Nieves and Joel M. Reynolds, both formerly of Junius and Driftoff. While many artists lumbered in inactivity, SOM used the darkness of recent times to create and heal. The Shape of Everything’s introspective bliss is an insight into the kind of harmony the quintet seek to cultivate in all facets of life.

A short film about a woman and her dog navigating homelessness during a global pandemic. Cinematography & Directed by Eric Paton Written and Edited by Amanda Graeff Music backing for the trailer by Alex Pace

The first micro film from DunFurFun Productions. Starring Amanda Graeff and Maximillian Aguiar Music by Eddie Kim Directed and Edited by Alex Pace