SONOIO - Thanks For Calling

Official video from the single “Thanks For Calling“ off of SONOIO’s final album “Fine.“ As activity with Nine Inch Nails, the demands of touring, and his other solo endeavors began to pick up, production on the third and final SONOIO installment was delayed. In 2014 however, after years of silence, SONOIO posted the single and video for the song “Thanks For Calling” exclusively on and quickly reignited rumors and hope for the release of the third album. Four years have passed since then, and Dais Records is proud to announce – finally - the exclusive release of SONOIO’s third and final effort: Fine, and the official re-release of the single and video for “Thanks For Calling”. Fine is the first SONOIO full length to be released on vinyl, with art direction and package design by Caspar Newbolt and photography by Matt Sundin. Opening track “I Don’t Know” and the mournful follow-up “Left” set the stage for the emotional ride, with reverbed synths over an acute mid-tempo beat – accompanied by astonishingly strong vocals, which those accustomed to Cortini’s instrumental works will likely be happily shocked by. Next, the aforementioned single “Thanks For Calling” starts slow, building over 4 minutes with Cortini whispering, speaking, building strength into the gorgeously delivered line: “falling to pieces” before the track explodes into a driving anthem. The album then quite literally descends into “Pieces”, an instrumental effort that brings to mind Aphex’s Ambient Works – a submerged lullaby of electronics before re-emerging into “Vitamin D”, an energetic and pulsing track that snaps the listener to attention. A pattern of smart and intentional pacing and rhythm becomes apparent, as the listener is taken down through moody, effective dirges (“Bad Habit”, “Under The Sea”) and lifted up into a surprising guitar piece “What’s Before”. “I Don’t Know (Coda)” is the album’s effective and final track, with Cortini’s vocals muffled and echoing “I’m in the mirror, let me in….” before emerging loud and clear above a wash of howling synth* DIRECTED BY matt sundin caspar newbolt PRODUCER katharine o’brien CO-PRODUCERS cyrus makarechian alessandro cortini STARRING marshall allman daveigh chase SUPPORTING CAST jeff brown andrew calder sophie hannah chris mclaughlin sam james velde DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY monika lenczewska EDITORS mirela mureshan matt sundin KEY MAKEUP sonia cabrera COSTUME DESIGNER anais castaldi CASTING brad gilmore 1ST AD shaun o’banion STUNT COORDINATOR jeff barnett chris mclaughlin CAMERA OPERATOR / MOVI RIG hugh bell B CAMERA OPERATOR kobi zaig UNDERWATER CAMERA OPERATOR / DIT sam mcconville 1st AC richard moriarty dan venti 2nd AC arlena muller julia salcedo GAFFER vincent pogoda SWING raman dlamini kelsey talton SET DECORATORS kristin flammio danna lee ballard COSTUME ASSISTANT hannah greenblatt MAKEUP ARTIST jenn rose ASSISTANT MAKEUP ARTIST caroline treacy PRODUCTION ASSISTANT matt thompson Was published by Dais Records on YouTube.