Definitely agree with you, SONM are one of my favourite projects in the whole crypto space.  They have a very dedicated, hard-working team and have been working away solidly on delivering a working product.  I've been invested in them for about 6 months now & may well get some more shortly.

The lack of media attention is a valid point, but perhaps that is partly because the team are not prioritising things like that.  Similar projects like Golem may have suffered from that as well.  Overall though, this is a good thing - let the project build and mature quietly, then when it is ready, the media attention will come.