US musician Sam Mehran aka Sam Meringue has died. The news was announced via musician and Gunk TV Records founder Zak Mering’s Instagram account. Mehran worked with LA Vampires and released music under the names Matrix Metals, Outer Limits Recordings, Flashback Repository and many more. He was a key part of the wave of skewed and reprocessed styles tagged hypnagogic pop by The Wire contributor David Keenan.