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Sonna

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ7561931 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sonna was an American post-rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The band formed in 1998, and released two full-length albums on label Temporary Residence, of which guitarist Jeremy deVine is the owner.

In 2016, Temporary Residence issued a compilation album consisting of the band's non-album output.

Discography

Studio albums

We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight (2001, Temporary Residence)

Smile and the World Smiles with You (2002, Temporary Residence)

Compilations

Keep It Together (2016, Temporary Residence)

EPs

These Windows are Pistons (1999, Temporary Residence)

Travels in Constants, Vol.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sonna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.