Deathwish US Vinyl & CDs

Review: Formed in Santa Rosa, California in 2010, State Faults grown to become underground heroes in their respective scenes due to their seamless coalescing of anguished sonics to paint an aural image of panic. Marrying the chaotic abandon of screamo and post-hardcore with elements of black metal, shoegaze, post-rock and ambient, their cathartic wall-of-sound feels initially oppressive before eventually enshrouding like a blanket of overwhelming emotion. Returning five years on from 2019's Clairvoyant, the band's fourth full-length Children Of The Moon seeks to eclipse each preceding endeavour with a grandiose collection of avant-hardcore post-screamo that searches to quell the pain of love, grief and existence through spiritual enlightenment, both transcendental and occult..