The Orlando outfit arrives with Salvation Through Misery—the screamo unit’s first full-length since 2018—in tow, featuring familiar themes (hopelessness, humanity), but a sound that is more technical and angrier than anything the band’s put out in its nearly 20 years in the scene.
Bandcamp, mostly for better but sometimes for worse, has allowed for the proliferation of hardcore; at times it can all sound the same, but Gillian Carter’s always stood out from the rest. St. Pete shoegaze band Nashira opens along with South Florida “rot ‘n’ roll” trio Iron Buddha.
This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2023.