"So Far Under" is a song by the American

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band

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and the second single from the band's sixth studio album, ''

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'', released on August 24, 2018. The single was released via

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and digital download on June 27, 2018. The lyrics and music were written by Alice In Chains' co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist

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, who also played the guitar solo in the song.

Origin

"So Far Under" is the first Alice in Chains song written entirely by

, and the first in the band's catalog written entirely by someone other than

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internation ...

Layne Staley Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician, songwriter and the original lead singer of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part ...

. DuVall said about the song in a press release:

Release and reception

The song was released on Alice in Chains' official

channel on June 27, 2018, and it is also available for streaming and digital download via

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, iTunes,

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and

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said that the song "finds the band leavening their signature grunge with dreary, hypnotic grooves reminiscent of

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". For

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, "the track, heard seems to be a perfect fit for the Alice catalog, with a familiar guitar and drum sound. "''So far under / Too much pain to tell / Now I'm ripped asunder / So far under''," come the hypnotically-delivered lyrics of the chorus over evil sounding guitars." The song peaked at No. 3 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Rock, and at No. 23 on Amazon's Top 100 Paid Songs.

Music video

The music video for "So Far Under" was released on Alice In Chains'

channel on June 6, 2019. It was directed by Adam Mason and continues the storyline that started with the music video for ''

s first single, "

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". The video for "So Far Under" is the eighth episode of the sci-fi series ''

Black Antenna ''Black Antenna'' is an American science-fiction film inspired by Alice in Chains' 2018 album ''Rainier Fog''. Written, produced and directed by Adam Mason, starring Paul Sloan, Viktoriya Dov, Darri Ingolfsson, Cait Mathis and Eric Michael Cole. ...

'', which tells the story of father and daughter named Alpha and Beta, two aliens disguised as humans who drive across California in silence, speaking only telepathically. Along the way, the daughter seduces men and steals from them to help her father build an antenna so that he can send a message to their people at home. At the same time, they are being tracked down by evil forces and must avoid being killed. Written by Adam Mason and Paul Sloan, the video stars Paul Sloan as Alpha, Viktoriya Dov as Beta, Darri Ingolfsson as Nil and Lily Robinson as Malum.

Live performances

Alice in Chains performed the song live for the first time during their concert at the

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in Vancouver, Canada on August 22, 2018.

Personnel

– lead vocals, lead guitar *

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Mike Inez – bass *

Sean Kinney Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such ...

– drums

Chart positions

References

External links

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