Thursday 29 October 2020

To Be Gentle


To Be Gentle are a four-piece screamo/post-hardcore band from Eugene, Oregon that began in 2017. In their few years now, they've managed to encapsulate and evolve a sound that's both distinctly their own while paying homage to bands that came before them. Their "earlier" material will definitely bring bands such as The Saddest Landscape, Suis La Lune, and Daïtro to mind, for their melodic and passionately emotive take on the genre. Their most recent material takes a darker turn, with the post-rock leaning Funeral Diner, City Of Caterpillar, and ...Who Calls So Loud joining the mix, with a nod to blackened hardcore/screamo. For such a new band, it's crazy to hear the clear progression in their sound and tightness as a unit.

To Be Gentle are undoubtedly one of the forerunners in the genre now, thus why it felt imperative to at least give them a nod in the ashes of this dying blog. The track "The Thought Of Losing You Terrifies Me" is what first floored me about this band, so if you're looking for one sample of this band, I recommend that. Enjoy.

1. That Which Is Safe
2. Tender Green

1. Understanding Healing
2. All The Things I Was Too Scared To Say
3. We Build Our Castles In The Air
4. Du Sang
5. Road To Himeji
6. But A Sound
7. Tender Green
8. An Amputation
9. That Which Is Safe
10. The Hand That Rests On My Shoulder
11. One Day We Will No Longer Hurt
12. To Be Gentle

1. Live at Gamut

1. Flesh and Blood, Bone And Dream
2. If You Are Reading This
3. Insurmountable
4. 7/14/19
5. The Thought Of Losing You Terrifies Me

1. I Love You And I Am Sorry

1. To Be Gentle - Every Day
2. To Be Gentle - An Ardent Light
3. sowithout. - tinyhands2therescue
4. sowithout. - synonymsforsad

1. Indisposed - Antiquate The Argument
2. Indisposed - Indisposed
3. To Be Gentle - Ephemeral And Endless
4. To Be Gentle - Aftermath

5 comments:

  1. Hey, can we get a link for The Birds Are Spies, They Report to the Trees? thanks a ton

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  2. "thus why it felt imperative to at least give them a nod in the ashes of this dying blog." A tear ran down my face don't let this be true! :'( but if it is, I wish you nothing but the best and thank you for the countless uploads and expanding my love of punk in general I wouldn't of found so many bands if it wasn't for you! xoxoxo

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