I Would Set Myself on Fire For You - Believes In Patterns...

More screamo. Probably the most similar band to Circle Takes the Square. Lots of experimenting and use of alternating shouts from each band member. This album takes that experimentation in a different direction though. It's more in favor of jazz and dissonance instead of the poetic chaos that CTtS applies. I recommend following with the lyrics already integrated into the tracks.

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Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo

Similar to the below entry, this is a very progressive/experimental album. There are very many different styles of music incorporated into this album. It has the chaos of powerviolence, calm build-up of post-rock and the breakdowns of hardcore. The lyrics are poetically cryptic and are shouted back and forth as well as simultaneously by the various members of the band. Lyrics are in the tracks and if you download the skramz pack, you'll notice "Same Shade as Concrete" is from this album.

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Skramz

This has been a long time coming. I got into screamo/skramz in junior year of high school. I immediately loved it because I felt it was the most sincere music I've listened to. This is the only genre of music I think could beat out my other loved genre (which is metal) in listens. The list I made has 35 bands and they also have their own style, which borrows from other genres like powerviolence, post-rock and sludge. I included a text file which since typing it up I've forgotten what I put in it, probably says that each song has the album art from the album the song is taken from. Also, I tried finding most of the lyrics for the songs and made little descriptions of the band/album/song in each songs comment section. If you like this, find the albums yourself and/or buy them. Enjoy! ~ Bill

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Here's another link to great brief summary/history of screamo/emo, their emotional hardcore punk roots and different waves that shaped the sound.