Who We Are: Saosin, Post-Hardcore from Orange County
We're Saosin, a band from Orange County, California. We started in 2003, and more than twenty years later the name, the sound and the people who sing every word back to us are still here. This is where our story and our merch meet.
Who is Saosin?
Saosin formed in Orange County in 2003. We came up out of the emo and post-hardcore scenes of the early 2000s, and our music sits somewhere between post-hardcore, emo and alternative rock: layered vocals, guitar lines built from delays and harmonics, and songs that hit hard without losing the melody.
Where did it start?
Our first release was the Translating the Name EP in 2003. A self-titled EP followed in 2005, and our first full-length album, Saosin, came out in September 2006. In Search of Solid Ground followed in 2009, and Along the Shadow in 2016.
What has happened since?
A few moments stand out:
- 2023: "You're Not Alone" was certified Gold by the RIAA, and we played our 20th-anniversary shows in Garden Grove that June.
- 2024: Live at the Garden Amphitheater captured those songs live.
- 2026: our self-titled album went Gold, and "Starting Over Again" came out in April on Sumerian Records.
What will you find in our store?
Every design here comes from our world: the SAOSIN wordmark, the beetle art and the names of our records. You'll find them on tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies, plus kids' and youth sizes, with a size chart on every product page.
Thank you for being part of it, whether you've been with us since Translating the Name or you're hearing us for the first time.