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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Mahria - S/T

Mahria - S/T
Bart Records




I got the chance to see Mahria play this past summer and was instantly taken with their sound. Excellent guitar work, a vocalist who clearly knows the deal, and a top-shelf rhythm section. I do find it easy to hate bands, though, who heave and jump around so drastically in a sonic nature. Much to my delight, these folks pulled it off with class, and a sound in the vein of real-screamo/emo, melodic hardcore bands of yore. Mahria somehow takes the tools of the past, reinvents and then reconstructs them in a fresh and exciting way.

At times this album has an almost soothing feel. The opening track "Lights" drags you down to a comfortable place full of delayed warbling guitar sounds before instantly punching your audible sensors with Corby Burnett's shrieking slew of intensity. This album will take you to many places; I give this album a rating of "You're stupid to not listen"

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