Providence, RI based screamo ensemble, Dreamwell, have today unveiled the second single to be taken from their upcoming sophomore album, In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You – due for release on October 20th via Prosthetic Records. “Blighttown Type Beat” is streaming everywhere now, and has an accompanying video that can be viewed here (directed by William J. Hall//instagram.com/allwillpower): https://youtu.be/Kww30CzBa9E?si=fXdoSfEXu8_qp3Yj
Of the new track, vocalist KZ Staska comments: “The song tells the story of a character happening upon an abandoned home whose former inhabitants intentionally flooded it and died in the basement, and his horror as he hears voices coaxing him to do the same It is an allegory for feeling so empty that you latch onto people and relationships you know are destructive and harmful simply because they are available to you. The music video reflects this by interrupting old home videos of a wedding with gruesome footage of things like dental and ocular surgery.”
For another preview of In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You, the monumental single “Obelisk of Hands” (which initially debuted via Sirius XM Liquid Metal “Chaos Hour”, hosted by Matt Heafy!) can be streamed now here: https://lnk.to/Dreamwell – where the album can also be pre-ordered on vinyl, CD, and digitally.
In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You album artwork (above); track-listing (below):
1. Good Reasons to Freeze to Death
2. Studying the Greats in Self Immolation
3. Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
4. All Towers Drawn in the Equatorial Room
5. Obelisk of Hands
6. It Will Hurt, and You Won’t Get to Be
Surprised
7. Reverberations of a Sickly Wound
8. Blighttown Type Beat
9. Body Fountain
10. I Dream’t of a Room of Clouds
11. Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)
In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You is the follow up to the well-received and self-released debut album, 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. The album was recorded at Format Audio in Dover, New Hampshire by Ryan Stack in September of 2022, bringing together a cohesion of sounds and ideas from a group of individuals operating perfectly in tune with each other.
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.
Dreamwell live:
Sept. 24, 2023 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar ~
Oct. 21, 2023 – Providence, RI @ Dusk <
~=w/ Ithaca
<=w/ Usurp Synapse & Frail Body
Dreamwell headliner:
Nov. 2, 2023 – Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haus *
Nov. 3, 2023 – Toronto, ON @ Bar Orwell *
Nov. 4, 2023 – Detroit, MI @ Pleasant Underground **
Nov. 5, 2023 – Chicago, IL @ Downstairs Subt **
Nov. 7, 2023 – Fargo, ND @ Aquarium ***
Nov. 8, 2023 – Minneapolis, MN @ Seward Café ***
Nov. 9, 2023 – TBA – Milwaukee, WI ***
Nov. 10, 2023 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle ***
Nov. 11, 2023 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto Project ***
Nov. 12, 2023 – Brooklyn, NY @ TV Eye ****
*=w/ Lowheaven
**=w/ Bleached Cross
***=w/ Blind Equation
****=w/ Gospel
Dreamwell line-up:
Aki McCullough – Guitar
Ryan Couitt – Guitar
Justin Soares – Bass
Anthony Montalbano – Drums
KZ Staska – Vocals
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