Labels: A Fond d’Cale/Blessed Hands Records/Dance Happy Doom Crew/
Dasein Records/Dickcrush Records/Dingleberry Records/I.Corrupt Records/Left Hand Label/Le Blast Records/Listen To Aylin Records/Middle-Man Records/No Funeral/People, Places, Records/Pundonor Records/R.I.P In Peace Records/Santapogue Media/Zegema Beach Records
Formast: Vinyl/Tape/Digital
Release Date: 16 May 2019
Tracklist:
1. Frail Body - Fixed
2. Infant Island - Death Portrait
3. Massa Nera - Nunca Seremos Lo Mismo
4. Dianacrawls - Melancholia
5. Dianacrawls - Kinky Kills
6. Dianacrawls - Cycle Of The Abused
If you've taken a moment to read the names of the bands that have made up this split, also take a moment to think about what they have achieved since it's 2019 release. All four of them have grown so much and have become synonymous with modern post-hardcore/screamo. Released in collaboration with all of the labels above, Hymnes aux désarrois de la peau heralded a new era. This is where I pick up my ZBR roster review series again.
This beautiful split is a sight to behold. It takes pride of place in my personal collection, alongside many other releases from each band. Starting off hard, Frail Body’s ‘Fixed’ wastes no time thanks to a mix of emoviolence and post-hardcore that they have become known for, especially on recent album Artificial Bouquet. While kicking off with so much intensity, it ends with so much beauty.
Infant Island are up next with ‘Death Portrait’ and there’s a much more brooding atmosphere at play, showing a glimpse into how their blackened screamo has evolved over recent years. The full soundstage is used here to raise the heart rate, while the strings later on provide a warmth that’s sometimes missing from this form of music.
The privilege of having the split’s longest song is left for Massa Nera, as ‘Nunca Seremos Lo Mismo’ stretches past the five-minute mark and almost seems to follow on from Infant Island’s previous song, if only due to the additional use of strings. That aside, it’s a much more pensive song overall, eschewing the use of heaviness and tempo during some passages. It’s expansive delivery is striking,
While the above three bands contributed a song each, Dianacrawls provide three; albeit two are very short. ‘Melancholia’ is a brilliantly off-kilter screamo song with a subtle nod to jazz and the weirdness of Primus. ‘Kinky Kills’ follows in the same vein with some excellent bass/guitar coupled with exasperated screams and raw percussion. Their final song ‘Cycle Of The Abused’ barely hangs around long enough for you to take it in, yet somehow it leaves it’s mark.
This is one of those records that you instantly become engrossed in, but one that also goes by in a blur. A snapshot in time maybe, but one that will stay with you forever.
You can stream and grab this split as a name-your-price download from Zegema Beach Records below:-
Frail Body - https://www.facebook.com/frailbodyil
Infant Island - https://www.facebook.com/infantisland
Massa Nera - https://www.facebook.com/MASSANERANJ
Dianacrawls - https://www.facebook.com/dianacrawls
Physical copies can be purchased from the labels below:-
Dasein Records - https://sadreact.bandcamp.com/album/hymnes-aux-d-sarrois-de-la-peau
Dingleberry Records - https://www.discogs.com/seller/dingleberryrecords/profile
I.Corrupt Records - https://www.icorruptrecords.com/products/frail-body-infant-island-massa-nera-dianacrawls-split-12-lp
Left Hand Label - https://dogknightsproductions.com/collections/12-lhl
Pundonor Records - http://pundonorrecords.limitedrun.com/categories/pundonor-releases
R.I.P In Peace Records - https://ripinpeacerecords.storenvy.com/
Blessed Hands Records - https://www.facebook.com/BlessedhandsRecords
Dance Happy Doom Crew - https://www.facebook.com/Dancehappydoomcrew
Sad React Records (previously Dasein Records) - https://www.facebook.com/SadReactRecords
Dickcrush Records - https://www.facebook.com/DICKCRUSHRECORDS/
Dingleberry Records - https://www.facebook.com/DingleberryRecordsandDistribution
I.Corrupt Records - https://www.facebook.com/icorruptrecs
Left Hand Label - https://www.facebook.com/lefthandlabel
Le Blast Records - https://www.facebook.com/leblastrecords
Listen To Aylin Records - https://www.facebook.com/listentoaylin
Middle-Man Records - https://www.facebook.com/middlemanrecords
No Funeral Records - https://www.facebook.com/nofuneral8
People, Places, Records - https://www.facebook.com/peopleplacesrecords
Pundonor Records - https://www.facebook.com/pundonorecords
R.I.P In Peace Records - https://www.facebook.com/r.i.p.inpeacerecords
Santapogue Media - https://www.facebook.com/santapoguemedia
Zegema Beach Records - https://www.facebook.com/zegemabeachrecords
