The last time a screamo band truly held relevancy for me was when my chief concern in life was obtaining as many cargo shorts as Old Navy sold, so Frameworks deserve some respect (or maybe a complaint for making me think about cargo shorts again)

Although the Gainesville, FL five piece came up when the scene was shifting from screamo to skramz (which, according to Urban Dictionary, is an assertion of “real screamo”, but could also be a long-forgotten later generation Pokémon), they mastered a mix of melodic hardcore’s slight maturity with a post rock-educated sense of ambience with Loom, their debut album through Topshelf Records. Signing to hardcore institution Deathwish for album #2, Smother is showing all signs of being a natural progression from Loom, starting with the absolutely massive first single “Purge”.

It almost goes without saying, but Deathwish was also the label that catapulted Touché Amoré and Deafheaven to international attention, so there’s some weight in saying that you should seriously pay attention to Frameworks in 2016.

Smother comes out on July 8, but you can watch the video for “Purge” below and stream “Tangled” via the band’s Bandcamp.