Is this on Witching Hour? I can’t find any evidence in the lovely packaging to refute or backup this statement. Maybe I should go take a look at their website.
Ok, first up is To Dream of Autumn. Right, now, yes, I have no qualms about labelling this band screamo. To start off with, the only repeatedly screamed lyric is “You Can’t Hug A Photograph”… The extremely effective screaming is as searing and crushing as Orchid, gets backed up with chaotic hardcore. And to this they occasionally combine the more plaintive, twinkly emo breakdowns like Portrait. Ok, totally cliched style, but I like it a lot.
A couple of people have recommended Racebannon, so I thought it was time to hear them on record. The first track starts off very artily with a kind of rumbling noise that gets a little jazzy, and over which eventually the very strange talky / yelped vocals kick in. Um, yeah. This is emo hardcore, but I have no idea who it sounds like. Scary! Following that is the marvellously titled “Funny, She Doesn’t Look French” which is just baffling. Off-kilter rhythms, totally fucked vocals oozing desperation, some strange Joan of Arc-esque noises, oh my. I don’t know what to say. A Racebannon album would probably knock your socks off, this is one of the most intriguing bands I have heard in ages. Check them out, now! Shit, their side doesn’t even stop playing at the end, instead making a squeaking noise that repeats every 2 seconds and will drive you mad trying to figure out what it is before you find out you haven’t turned the record off.
PS Racebannon appear to be obsessed with robots.