Band: DREAM, ENERTIA
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Black Metal
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Black Metal
Related artists: ?.
Country: Meanjin, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
Years Active: 2022-present
For fans of: Brahm, Gil Cerrone, Infant Island, Massa Nera, Funeral Diner, Scenario and Armywives.
Country: Meanjin, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
Years Active: 2022-present
For fans of: Brahm, Gil Cerrone, Infant Island, Massa Nera, Funeral Diner, Scenario and Armywives.
Label(s): Team Glasses Records
File DREAM, INERTIA under ridiculous awesome new Australian screamo, as that country is pumping out insanely good bands on the regular. This new album was released by Team Glasses in Australia, a label both very active in releasing said sick-ass bands, but also putting on shows and fests and generally being a very positive beacon for the scene down there. The label reached out to me to share this a few weeks back and I was instantly hooked. The cover is a bit deceptive, as this is 2000s throwback screamo with little-to-no black metal leanings (as the art kinda suggests), mixing a Funeral Diner foundation with nods to other current Australian screamo bands like Gil Cerrone and Salt Money.
The band's debut release is titled 'Ephemeral' and consists of six songs that are great at building a solid foundation before laying into the listener, and opener "How to forget the sun" is a prime example. Atmospherics quickly give way to a writhing, shifting behemoth of a wave that definitely brings bands like Brahm, Infant Island, and Armywives to mind with a great combo of speed and melody. the follow-up "Reclaim" turns that formula backwards and instead goes all out to start and injects the slower builds post lightning. So if you've made it to the third track "Somewhere serene" and aren't sold you might as well just quit, but if you're digging (and if you follow this blog you most likely are) then the ride has only begun because the album keeps this brand of screamo throughout the next four tracks (with the exception of the "..." interlude) and has immediately become one of my most listened to releases of 2023.
If you are in North America and would like a tape without the Australian shipping, ZBR/Tomb Tree and Team Glasses will start trading this year so expect some copies in our stores closer to spring/summer and vice versa. Also, for some reason the band's bandcamp isn't active but the album is on the Team Glasses page linked below.
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DISCOGRAPHY
2023 - Ephemeral cassetteLP (stream/buy here)
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(2023) DREAM, INERTIA - "The moon is so beautiful, I am no longer afraid to die" (from 'Ephemeral')
(2023) DREAM, INERTIA - "How to forget the sun" (from 'Ephemeral')
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DREAM, INERTIA additional links
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