Autarkeia - S/T

Autarkeia S/T
IFB




Autarkeia hail from Ft. Myers, FL. They are a crushing female fronted real-screamo group.

This release is an amazing record. Front to back, there is not a moment that lacks total and brutal desolation. Vocals hit every extreme possible: haunting, ethereal, brutal shrieks, and guttural growls. Lyrically this album is so private I felt like an invader just for listening at times.

Reinventing the wheel this band is not; but, not every new band needs to focus on creating new genres, sub-genres or movements. Sometimes a group is so good at something it's appreciable for them to culture the sound they have, and to evolve within that sound rather than away from it. I feel this is exactly what Autarkeia comes up with. I've heard one other song from a split they did with Cloud Rat; it was just as tight and unrelenting as each track on their S/T release.

I recommend this group for fans real-screamo, sweet smelling shampoos, and brutal vocals.

I give this album a rating of "Holy shit, I'm going to run away and marry this band, whether my parents approve or not."

Unfortunately this group does not have the hugest online presence as of yet (but look forward to a review of a split they did with Cloud Rat).

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Capeweather - EP

Capeweather - EP
Monolith




When I listen to first generation emo/screamo bands I often find myself trying to realize exactly how we started with Rights of Spring, and how that somehow morphed in to All American Rejects.

Capeweather don't confuse the two. It's clear to tell that these young people are heavily influenced by the earliest of emotive hardcore. EP is at times a shearing, stark world of traditional loud/quiet tradeoffs, screaming and talking, and noodling clean guitars; pretty much all the things you'd expect from a band described as real-screamo. Also with, in my opinion, elements of a more post-rock sound.

The clean vocals leave a little to be desired at times. However, I find this record's unabashed sincerity to be the key to it's survival.

This record is for people who are sad a lot of the time.

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Book of Caverns - S/T

Book of Caverns - S/T
Bart Records




It's been years since I've heard music of this composure that I can respectively call emo. From what I've only recently been clueing in to, Edmonton has been developing quite the revival of emotionally exploratory hardcore and punk known to some as either emo, screamo, or its upgraded term 'skramz', and Book of Caverns is a refreshing definition of what this type of music is all about. From the soft and sombre intros to the crescendos of agony and despair, each song is an ardently moving sway of sympathies that I suspect is amplified tremendously during a live show.

As a long time fan of this genre, I admit my biased enthusiasm, but if you're interested in any comparisons I would guess at influences from bands like Sleepytime Trio, Appleseed Cast, Ativin and possibly early Poison the Well.

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