We recently posted some of our favorite punk albums of 2020 (so far), and here's a list of 14 emo, screamo, and/or post-hardcore albums released so far this year that we love. Two years ago, I wrote a four-part series called Summer of Screamo in which I recommended some oddball hardcore releases from around the world. If you're looking for something new in this realm -- or just looking for something to dive back into -- these albums may be a good place to start. So I see it as a net positive. At this point, it’s hard for Envy to disappoint. We're more than halfway through 2020 and this year is moving at a strange pace, but sometimes you need to take a minute, look back on the good parts of the year, and/or lose yourself in some great music. Bands who've formed more recently that are playing the event include '68, Counterparts, Gideon, Knocked Loose and SeeYouSpaceCowboy. The material the band released prior to this was not yet fully formed, and the material that came after it saw them trying to be something they weren’t. Hell, the first confirmed act — announced last November — was storied North Carolina post-hardcore outfit Beloved. I hope I get to see them again one day. I saw these lazer vikings open many, many a show in the tri-state area in the early 2000s and it was so fun to watch their evolution in that time. Plus, some older classics! Emo violence the way The Lord intended it. Minneapolis’ dana sterling relies on a lot of the same techniques I loved about United Nations—desperate singing coupled with angry screaming, backed by crushing bricks of melody and schizophrenic tempo shifts. Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the world’s only newsletter about music. I was surprised and absolutely god-damn-delighted to learn that Philly’s An Albatross came back this year to release new material. And several other like-minded bands are joining Beloved for the Furnace Fest revival to mount their respective comebacks. All that to say that Birmingham will certainly be the place to be late this summer for both old and new fans of emo, screamo and hardcore music. In fact, The Juliana Theory are one of many Furnace Fest 2020 artists who've actually reunited previously but have remained somewhat under the radar over the past few years. Not to sound all Old Man and what not, but in the Before Streaming Time, I remember hearing this band on a comp CD and struggling for the longest time to track down one of their releases. The mid-2000s Chicago band recently had their discography reissued on cassette (with some live songs) so that seems as good a reason as any to revisit. Sometimes both simultaneously. I recently heard an advance copy of the new Soul Glo record and I don’t think I’m surprising anyone when I say that it positively rips. Attack Attack! (LOL jk jk there won’t be a 2050.) Lightning-speed emotional hardcore from one of the most prolific bands in the genre. And I swear to god I’m not just saying this to patronize hardcore fans… one of the songs on this EP is also mentioned in My Book. So, here are some good screamo/grind/hardcore-of-the-non-mosh-variety records that have come out this year, which I’ve organized into a column that is similar in nature to (but for legal intellectual property purposes different than) Summer of Screamo. Click the link we sent to , or click here to log in. Blistering Brooklyn hardcore aimed at dismantling white supremacy. With Beneath, though, they’re a bit more comfortable in their own skin and are morphing into something else—an entirely new strain of hardcore that feels at once delicately beautiful and grimly apocalyptic. But I keep going back to this song they released earlier this year on a split with Slow Fire, for the title, certainly, but also the final lyric: “I weep at the thought that this is our reality.”. Furnace Fest 2020 is bringing the 2000s screamo and hardcore band reunions of underground music fans' dreams. That includes Georgia scenesters Showbread, South Carolina headbangers Stretch Arm Strong and Pennsylvania emo icons The Juliana Theory. But this LP was the sweet spot that caught them at their peak. Still rocks. Even the festival itself is returning after a prolonged absence. Like watching a glacier burst into flames. Please, dressed like a Gravity Records scene nerd. (There was also a retrospective interview with the members published recently if you wanna read about New Brunswick.). Each song has such a distinct way of starting that I could identify it within five seconds. For your security, we need to re-authenticate you. Sixteen Best Screamo Podcasts For 2020. Truly wild, and I will be buying this if for no other reason than to dig into the lyric sheet. So, at this rate, we should have a full 20 Swing Kids songs by 2050. This is an ethereal experience and I apologize for ever doubting the mighty Envy. They also recently added to their evergrowing catalog with a four-way split with 소나기, obroa-skai, and Indisposed. God I’m a sucker for Japanese screamo. But occasionally I’ll get somebody in my inbox or my menchies telling me that they discovered a band they like because of it. Plus, Furnace Fest boasts other big emo names like former Sunny Day Real Estate singer Jeremy Enigk and esoteric experimenters The Appleseed Cast. Get Furnace Fest 2020 tickets and more information here. Listen online, no signup necessary. We recently posted some of our favorite punk albums of 2020 (so far), and here's a list of 14 emo, screamo, and/or post-hardcore albums released so far this year that we love. And while you can’t really go wrong with their records, I think their final LP, The Curtain Falls, was where they hit their stride—a high note to go out on. Possibly my favorite heavy band going right now. Sometimes fragile, sometimes absolutely crushing. So I gave their catalog a re-listen and all their records still sound fresh, but especially this seven-inch. But hey, there’s a new video too. I really can’t think of another band that can swing between extremes so well—from blistering hardcore to absolutely filthy hip-hop beats. Latest was Satan Screamo Hokey Pokey. Sure, they are one of the loudest bands to ever exist, but how do they outdo themselves at this point? Even if it’s just two songs, even if it’s under four minutes, I will gladly take it. Others in that same boat include As Friends Rust, Boysetsfire, The Casket Lottery, Hopesfall, Living Sacrifice and Poison the Well. By this point I was pretty deep into my Bandcamp hole and found the Hot Cross discography and gave Cryonics a spin for the first time in a long while. The best 12-minute set money can buy. They released a new LP to start the year and are as frantic and immediate as ever. Not to brag but they played me some new stuff they’ve been working on and they are really perfecting this charred punk thing they’ve got going. Ever since hearing their split with LA’s Ghost Spirit, Frail Hands has been one of my favorites in the nu screamo movement. Let’s also revisit a few classics that I’ve been re-listening to recently for various reasons…. “Kevin Spacey Kill List” is a contender for top song title of the year. Release Teaser of New Song "All My Life", 14 Years Ago: My Chemical Romance Release 'The Black Parade', Bring Me the Horizon Drop 'Teardrops' From Upcoming Album. And since I still get the occasional stray request to bring it back, I figured: why not. In my opinion! A couple of them playing Furnace Fest this September include apocalyptic shredders Zao and posi-core stalwarts Shai Hulud. Out of curiosity, I was checking Discogs to see how much my copy of Welcome the Plague Year’s LP is worth ($35! Featuring members of Loma Prieta and Lord Snow, STORMLIGHT released an LP back in May that is disorienting and comforting at the same time. There’s a sort of hollow clink to their vocals that I’ve never quite been able to put my finger on, like they were recorded under sheet metal or something. Looks like Swing Kids are reissuing their entire discography, which I guess is just like their nine-song discography CD which everyone in the world owns but with two more songs on it. Or any non-English screamo, really. * must-hear hardcore albums of 2020 (so far), * must-hear metal albums of 2020 (so far), must-hear hardcore albums of 2020 (so far), RELIVE IT: The 2019 Coney Island Mermaid Parade in pics, Maynard James Keenan (Tool) talks COVID experience, Borat & more on Joe Rog…, Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City hosts socially-distanced live music (pi…, Buzzcocks, MGMT, Nick Mason, Scritti Politti & more added to Tim’s Twitter …, 16 New Metal & Hardcore Songs Out This Week. But come this Sept.18-20 at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Ala., it might as well be 2003 all over again. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. That group hasn't performed since 2005. Now everything is readily available online and it makes me feel lazy but oh well. I think it relieves me of the burden of making vain attempts to make out lyrics, allowing me to just enjoy the sounds of someone full-volume yelling at me. I got paid either way and did not care. I hopped on the Infant Island train pretty early on because I enjoyed the sheer desperation packed into their initial work. Or, you can opt for a premium subscription for a measly $5 a month which hugely helps me out. The Japanese behemoth has been a reliable force in heavy music for nearly two decades. I also recently found Reversal of Man’s catalog on Bandcamp, and the Revolution Summer 10”? Furnace Fest 2020 is bringing the 2000s screamo and hardcore band reunions of underground music fans' dreams. Follow me on all the internet stuff.Twitter | Instagram | Website. Musical styles just seamlessly spiral around each other in these five songs. If you’re not already subscribed, do it! ), and realized what an apt band name this is for 2020. But come this Sept.18-20 at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Ala., it might as well be 2003 all over again. Here, I will even knock 20% off today because I am feeling generous and hopefully you are too. At the same time, it sometimes feels hard to be blown away by new Envy releases. Also, this a ludicrously underrated LP. Then there are the high-powered hardcore and metalcore outfits who've been holding it down for years, with maybe a short break here and there. Even the festival itself is returning after a prolonged absence. The Midwest’s answer to Swing Kids. A pretty perfect record. Oh god yes. Like everything on the internet, some people liked it, some people did not. (If Nu-Screamo™ catches on, I would like royalties please.) It’s free. Very unexpectedly, the Dutch screamo band Shikari came up in my research for the book I’m currently writing. Also popping up in My Book research was New Jersey’s You & I. I hadn’t listened to their discography in a while but it’s all on Bandcamp now. That was my thinking for about four songs into their new record, The Fallen Crimson, and then this angelic, delicate voice swooped in on “Rhythm” and it felt like ascending to the heavens. Not so much their sonic identity (which came out pretty fully formed) or their live show (which was always a spectacle), but more in their aesthetic, particularly in their singer, who at first kinda just dressed like a Gravity Records scene nerd, then morphed into a punk Mick Jagger, and now seems to have gone full health goth.

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