Romance of Affliction somehow makes an old genre feel brand new. Amazing. I would have swore this album was from 2005 if I didn't see with my own eyes it wasn't. SYSC takes everything good about mid-00s metalcore and brings it into the modern day, leaving behind the trash. It's a pure distillation of the genre with brilliant structure, pacing, and lyrics. The album ebbs and flows, letting emotions swell before punching in with some of the most intense passages I've heard in a while. rettisawesome
Aside from Country Girl, which displays the compositional and lyrical excellence of a nursery rhyme, this is a really fun and catchy pop punk album with emphasis on the modern pop stylings. I see Belmont as being the future of pop punk. But I'm also an old man so uhhhh X Wild Alaskan Salmonella X
Classic emo sing-a-longs trade blows with tormented post-hardcore passages on the Brooklyn outfit's powerful sophomore LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2024