“i apologize
i recognize
i am not myself
but a thousand places and people
accidents that have always formed
the paths we take
we are not sculptures of marble
created in vacuums
we are emergent from the lives
and the worlds around us
layers of dust fall by chance
and turn to the rock of existence
still, reaching for the light
shedding weight and dead skin
i know the threads are there
still, reaching for the light
since time immemorial
bound not by choice, but by fate
still, reaching for the light
we are eternal, and temporary
we are
still reaching for the light”
Kilgore Trout – Fuckin A. 4 seconds of the first track were enough to know this EP would be a killer.
Amazing abrasive 4-piece screamo/violence band from annandale, virginia (formed in 2008). They play some heartfelt tunes with a grindy-edge somewhere between Usurp Synapse, aspergers, CTTS, The Usual and Burn her letters.
“could we be beginning and end? (i have known)
we’ve made these meanings ours.
we’ve made these meanings ours.”
The massive sound incorporates all good trademarks of screamo and emoviolence: fast and ultra-heavy blasting attacks, melodic guitar parts and great tranquil moments (like in “mechanism (emergent)”). “reified” and “in dust, in shadow, in nothing” (3:22 min – goosebumps-time) are two of the best tracks I’ve heard in…I don’t know…months, anyhow a long time. Pretty catching, infectious but always right in your face with its despair and fierceness. A tempest. A screamo bastard in the most beautiful way. So happy that I’ve found them, hope you’ll like them too.
“to think of all that is lost
in earth, in smoke, in dust, in shadow, in nothing”
Highly recommended
Tracklist
01 – reified
02 – in dust, in shadow, in nothing
03 – only cinders now
04 – redemptive
05 – mechanism (i chose my own path)
06 – mechanism (emergent)
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