New York, NY · alt-pop · bedroom pop

Sombr

1 upcoming festival

Moody, reverb-soaked alt-pop from a Manhattan teenager who went from bedroom demos to festival bills — heartbreak at streaming scale.

sombr is the recording name of Shane Boose, a singer and songwriter from New York City who began releasing music while still in his teens. His songs combine bedroom-pop production with alternative rock guitar, built around reverb-heavy arrangements, restrained drums and vocals that shift between a near-whisper and a full-throated chorus.

The subject matter is mostly romantic: infatuation, endings and the aftermath, written in plain first-person language. Tracks including 'back to friends' and 'undressed' spread quickly through streaming and short-form video, taking him from self-released material to a substantially larger audience within a short period.

alt-popbedroom pop