Hot Cross

One of the most influential and original screamo bands, and one of my favorites, if not my favorite. Hot Cross was probably the first real screamo band i listened to.They are very inspiring musically and lyrically in my case. Their sound is characterized by mathy structures that shift from aggressive frustration to sluggish lament. Billy Werner's lyrics often speak of existential themes. They had several ep's and splits along with two full length releases; Cryonics being my favorite. They broke up after releasing Risk Revival in 2007.

Hot Cross Bandcamp

Jubilee / Zwounds

Prelude to the beast that became Innards. Jubilee and Zwounds were both from Texas. Jubilee reminds me a little of Desaparecidos, they have a sort of straight forward approach, but the structure to all their stuff is pretty tasteful and they play it super thrashy. Zwounds sounds like some 70's shit like Santana, except for this is 2000 something and they mixed it with post rock and some other violent frantic punk shit.

Split

Fiction Like Non-Fiction

Legit screamo band from California. Youthful and genuine sounding with beautiful lyrics. The rest of their material is available for free download in their Last.fm page. I'm pretty sure the band has been inactive for a while now, which sucks 'cause this stuff is great. Please help yourself.

EP

Lyrics

thediscordofaforgottensketch

The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch is a skramz band from Montreal, their style is jazzy and spastic. Ever since I heard their songs on the four way split with Beau Navire, Te LLoraria un Puto Rio, & Carrion Spring; I have been anxious to listen to more by these guys. This self titled album is refreshing in terms of contemporary skramz releases, picking up where "Le Deux" (4 way split) series left off. Check out their bandcamp; streaming the album is free and all it takes is a donation to be able to download the digital album, which is totally worth it.

Self Titled

Raven McCoy

Skramz band from Copenhagen Denmark, their sound is fast, tight, and super punk rock; reminiscent of A Corrosive Melody. This demo blew me away. The drummer, Niclas, hooked me up with lyrics to the demo which are posted under the comments section for this post; enjoy.

Demo

Bandcamp

Tzadikim Nistarim

Pre-Adobe Homes screamo band, they have a slower and more toned down feeling to their sound. You can definitely hear the Adobe Homes style becoming fleshed out in this release; vocals guitars and drums. A tasteful seven inch, released in 2007.

Untitled 7"

Lyrics

I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Yearbook

This is a new release by the defunct, I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Yearbook, all the songs from the demo have been redone and four new tracks are added to the line up; there is also a bonus track included. I love this band, their lyrics (embedded to the mp3's), and their youthful style, you should get a hold of this record asap.

Discography

Beau Navire

After being a big fan of I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Yearbook, and not having any new material for the longest time, i can at least take solace in listening to some new refreshing bay area tunes. This is Beau Navire, they have members of i wrote haikus... and Loma Prieta!

Demo

Lyrics are embedded to the music files.

James Dean

Australian skramz band, similar to Eucalypt and Quiet Steps.

This sounds so good. They broke up in 2008.

James Dean CDR (2007)

7" EP

Lyrics

The Reptilian

The Reptilian sounds way more pissed on their new full length, but that's a not a bad thing in my book. They also manage to keep their sound from before while still fresh.

Full Health

Boy Problems/Lautrec/ The Reptilian/Osceola

This is great American screamo; I love boy problems so much.

split

The Reptilian

Kalamazoo, Michigan melodic screamo; seems like the scene up in the Midwest has developed a more toned down and mathy brand of the genre, which really has captured me. It excites me to see genres being blended in new ways.

Boy's Life ep

Boys & Sex

Philadelphia melodic screamo, sounds fresh as produce section smells.

DEMO

Lyrics

Loma Prieta

San Francisco's finest, Loma Prieta, are on the forefront of contemporary skramz, all of their releases are great. They never stay the same, but they always stay true. the lyrics to this album are very cryptic, there is still a lot about them that i don't understand. they have a newer release called Dark Mountain, it's all worth checking out and definitely buying.

Last City

Lyrics

Polina

Canadian Screamo, Their sound reminds me of bands like Capsule and Louise Cyphre. Technical and Melodic, enjoy yourselves.

EP

Age Sixteen

Emo band from Baltimore with members of Sawhorse, Surf-Nazis on Ecstacy, and ex-members of Lilu Dallas

Age sixteen plays a very distinctive style of emo with clean fast guitars, spacey reverb, and complex drumming, often compared to Suis La Lune, with vocals sounding somewhat similar to a more emotional/aggressive Bear vs. Shark

Two beautiful releases by Age Sixteen

Summer 2009 Demo

Open Up Finders, Please

lyrics

Shokei / Falcon Five / Kids Explode / PeteThePirateSquid

Current German Screamo, and Punk bands, their style is a little more toned down and melodic, I really love the titles to the Shokei songs.

01. Shokei - Kill The Lightning
02. Shokei - Ride 'Em All
03. The Falcon Five - The Cat With The Mohawk
04. The Falcon Five - The Dogs Are Sleepy
05. Kids Explode - Id Rather Dance To A Psycho Novel
06. Kids Explode - Ask Me
07. Kids Explode - This One's For Your Parents
08. Petethepiratesquid - 21,23
09. Petethepiratesquid - Close-Knit, Great Fit

The password to the file is : mem

Split

Boa Narrow

Boa Narrow was a screamo band from north carolina, they had a very jazzy and original sound also reminiscent of 70's psychedelic rock. CHECK IT!!...o yah i've heard they have like a similar sound to yes
As The Boa Narrows...

What Price, Wonderland?

What Price, Wonderland? are an awesome punk band from England. I really really really love their style. this is an awesome release by them.

Claim 7"

Suis La Lune

Suis La Lune are an awesome screamo band from sweeden, this is a remastered version of their first release.

S/T 7"