Beneath by Infant Island
"Urgent even at its sludgiest tempos, the Fredericksburg, Virginia band’s second album draws on a bleak palette to create illusions of infinite depth and vastness."
- Pitchfork
"Infant Island’s version of screamo is raw and ambitious and hypnotic, and I really don’t think there’s anyone better in the genre right now."
- Stereogum
"Screamo scraped from the blackened and burnt chasm. The metallic chaos of Majority Rule and post-rock underpinnings of Envy are touchstones here, but noise overwhelms Infant Island's ugly beauty in tracks that bleed tributaries into a rushing river."
- Viking's Choice / NPR
"Beneath is a capital-A Album that ebbs and flows like one long song cycle. It’s the best thing Infant Island have released by a mile and it’s one of the most stunning albums to come out of the whole recent screamo revival yet."
- BrooklynVegan
"Screamo, post-rock, and a little black metal meld together for Virginia quartet Infant Island's signature immersive and melancholy sound."
- Bandcamp Daily
Tracklist
| 1. | Here We Are | 3:23 |
| 2. | Signed in Blood | 2:44 |
| 3. | Content | 4:22 |
| 4. | The Garden | 2:31 |
| 5. | One Eyed | 1:46 |
| 6. | Death Portrait | 2:40 |
| 7. | Colossal Air | 1:51 |
| 8. | Stare Spells | 4:34 |
| 9. | Someplace Else | 2:41 |
Videos
Credits
Infant Island on “Beneath” is:
Daniel Kost – vocals
Alexander Rudenshiold – guitar, vocals
Kyle Guerra – bass
Austin O’Rourke – drums
Additional instrumentation:
Austin O’Rourke – orchestral arrangements, interludes
Winston Givler – noise on track 1, guitar on track 5
Logan Rivera – vocals on track 3
Technical credits:
Original drums for tracks 1 and 6 written by James Rakestraw.
This album was primarily engineered, recorded, and mixed at Viva Studios in Falls Church, Virginia in December 2018 and January 2019 by Matthew Michel.
Engineering and recording of additional instrumentation was conducted by each part’s contributors.
This album was mastered at Audioseige in Portland, Oregon by Brad Boatright.
Artistic credits:
Front cover art – “Sadak In Search of the Waters of Oblivion” by John Martin (c.1812), processed by Austin O’Rourke & Alexander Rudenshiold.
Back cover art – “The Great Day of His Wrath” by John Martin (c.1851 - 1853), processed by Austin O’Rourke & Alexander Rudenshiold.
Innersleeve art – “The Plains of Heaven” by John Martin (c.1853), processed by Alexander Rudenshiold.
Infant Island logo – Austin O’Rourke
Layout, design – Alexander Rudenshiold
Released by Dog Knights Productions.
