DREAMWELL
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Dreamwell are preparing to release their sophomore album, and their first under the Prosthetic Records banner in October 2023. In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You is the darker and more punishing follow up to 2021’s Modern Grotesque.
The patchwork, stop-start approach taken to create Modern Grotesque served a hard-won purpose as the band refined their line up and honed their sound. Their early trials by fire stood them in good stead as they started work with a clean slate and contemplated what would later take shape as In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You – their first foray into consciously and deliberately writing an album, start to finish. The result is a blistering take on screamo, with flourishes of post-hardcore and metalcore for good measure.
With artistic influence drawn from a multitude of genres, from doom to black metal. Some artistic influences – such as Botch or The Blood Brothers – are easily distinguishable, whilst others – such as Khanate, The Mountain Goats or Elizabeth Cotten – are buried deep in the DNA of Dreamwell.
Since their inception in 2017, Dreamwell have been refining and reshaping the parameters of what screamo can be. On In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You, they have provided a structure within which their own chaotic take on the genre is able to flourish.
LACERATED
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“Los Angeles Trans Violence || Trans Rights are non-negotiable”
ROTTING IN DIRT
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Jade offers up some insight on the songwriting found on the EP: “As for lyrics, I wrote a lot about my struggles with gender dysphoria for this release, as well as just the struggles of being queer. As a transfemme living in the US, it’s scary to see what is happening every day to people like me. “All of the hate and violence that plagues this country truly fills me with rage. I took all my frustration, anger and sadness at this society and country and put it into my lyrics. And the way they collided with the music just came out beautifully. We’re so proud of this release and how strongly these songs speak.”
