"I can't see anything that I don't like about you." Another Valentine's Day, another excuse to revel in your sadness. This tradition has being going on for 10 years now; at this rate we're going to have the entire script of this movie written out. You know the drill with the longing, and the sorrow, and that cold abscence felt beside you in bed every night. It all coalesces in your self-imposed melodrama felt on this day, as it has 10 years before and will continue to 10 years after. If you want to sink lower, there's links for past installments at the bottom of this post for you to drown in.
Vowel are a five-piece screamo/post-hardcore band from Columbus, Ohio that formed in 2011. From the looks of things, they never officially disbanded, but haven't been active since 2015. They came right out the gate with the aptly-titled all the sad songs, their sole album. This band brings a ton to the table, with a variety of vocal stylings including desperately sung and painfully screamed, all with some fantastic confessional lyrics that really hit home. The guitars mesh midwest emo stylings into a bright but melancholic sound, with some pounding energy coming from the drums. One of the things that set this band apart is their use of a violin, whichbrings a somber, forlorn element to the catharsis and chaos surrounding it. This album is fantastic, as is their material after, particularly the Coma Regalia split and what may end up being their swan song, "we will melt the sun". Stay desperate, stay lonely, and stay waiting, find solace in the familiarity of the void. Till next year, don't enjoy.
1. iciles
2. if wishes were coin
3. poppy seed
4. cowards
5. everyone needs to feel pretty sometimes
6. the eastern block
7. she was an air traffic controller
8. there's nothing for you here
1. Vowel - These Hands
2. Vowel - And Before You Know It, I'm Invisible
3. Coma Regalia - Blanket Observation Bingo
4. Coma Regalia - And Wake From The Dream Still Knowing
1. Things Fall Apart - Pigeon Torge, TN
2. Things Fall Apart - All Your Friends Used To Be My Friends
3. Light Black - Robot House
4. Light Black - Beeekman
5. Vowel - Big Buildings
6. Vowel - Small Trenches
7. City Of Ifa - Indian Bred
8. City Of Ifa - Philia
1. i'll tell you when i'm done
1. we will melt the sun
Previous Installments
2013: The Saddest Landscape
2015: You And I
2017: In Loving Memory
2018: Kite Flying Society
2019: The Khayembii Communiqué
2020: Harrison Bergeron
2021: The Last Forty Seconds
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