Disembarked’s ‘Nothing’s Wrong Here’ provides a late contender for this year’s “best of…” lists. Clearly influenced by the likes of early Pianos Become The Teeth and their ilk, the Swedish screamo five piece build a deep and ominous atmosphere, driven by the juxtaposition between beauty in their melody and destructive force.
Although it’s likely to draw comparisons to the wave of state-side bands offering modern takes on screamo, Disembarked retain a certain European element in their sound. Each band member has found themselves immersed in their local scene, and as Pontus Carlson explains are keen supporters of the underground. “There is a lot of passion and will in underground scenes, all to keep them alive,” he says.
As with any band, their sounds is ultimately a combination of a whole host of influences. Not confined to just purveyors of the darker screamo, Disembarked have built their sound on some more mainstream artists, including UnderOath and Brand New. Each of these elements pull together to create the both subtle and explosive compositions that form ‘Nothing’s Wrong Here’.
We asked Pontus Carlson to build a playlist based on the band’s key influences, and to tell us a little about Disembarked’s sound. Stream the playlist via the YouTube player below, and read what Carlson had to say. ‘Nothing’s Wrong Here’ is also available to stream via the Spotify player to the right.
Presenting, Disembarked’s Screams of the Underground:
“Writing about influences to Disembarked is tricky since we all listen to a lot of different music,” Disembarked’s Pontus Carlson explains. “But there are bands who have helped form the scene we’re into. For the Swedish scene I’d say Suis La Lune are probably the most important band to us, perhaps not as a direct musical influence, but without Suis La Lune I doubt that there would be the kind of scene for our kind of music in Sweden.
We did one of our first shows after the release of our first EPs with Suis La Lune in Gävle, and I think it’s still one of the best shows we’ve both attended and played. It was one of the most intense shows we’ve played. Everyone was so involved and excited which is why underground scenes are so important. There is a lot of passion and will in underground scenes, all to keep them alive.
Historically the screamo genre has been very narrow and underground with bands like Saetia who were signed to the monumental label Level Plane, which released other important bands such as Envy, City of Caterpillar and Pg. 99. Saetia, with other important bands from the same genre, helped shape the sound, and I have no doubts that if it weren’t for bands like these, we wouldn’t have Touché Amore or Pianos Become the Teeth, or any of the great less-known bands that are active today – bands which have also influenced us to a great degree.
In Europe some of the most important bands for our style are likely Suis La Lune and Raein, and in some extent Daïtro as well. Suis La Lune are without a doubt the best band in our genre in Sweden, and the way that they combine all of their musical elements to create such moving and pretty music is always an inspiration to us, and probably always will be! Raein are an Italian band which are one of the oldest bands in Europe, starting in 2002 and still going strong after a 2 year break in 2005. As with Suis La Lune, Raein are also incredibly good at bringing melodic guitar leads into an otherwise pretty emotional and chaotic genre, something that is important for us in our music. The combination of the melodic aspects and the chaotic and emotional, almost depressing feeling to the music is what we as a band take the most inspiration from.
The sound of Disembarked could be hard to label into a genre. Most of us are into the screamo bands mentioned above, but also influenced by a whole different kinds of genres/bands. The common favorite bands amongst us is probably Mew and Underoath. Most grow up listening to what the mainstream would refer to as screamo. Our vocals for example have their roots from Oh, Sleeper. Olle and Gustav have been playing together for like 10 years or so and their their roots in jazz and indie and went onto listening to bands such as Dance Gavin Dance and Fall Of Troy. While we were listening to those bands Johan had already found Suis La Lune, Daitro and Saetia whilst Pontus Goldberg is the typical all-rounder really.”