Infant Island


Infant Island is an American screamo band formed in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 2016.

History

Infant Island was formed in the summer 2016 by vocalist Daniel Kost, guitarist Alexander Rudenshiold, bassist Kyle Guerra, and drummer James Rakestraw. On August 1 2018, in advance of a U.S. and Canada tour, they released their self-titled debut album to critical acclaim. In the same month, the album was featured in Noisey's "Summer of Screamo" column, in which writer Dan Ozzi called it "a linchpin for modern screamo." In October 2018, the band parted ways with drummer James Rakestraw – replacing him with Austin O'Rourke who had formerly worked with bassist Guerra in smallhands, an early touring and split EP partner band for Infant Island.
In February 2019, Infant Island was featured in The Washington Post, along with contemporaries Vein and Portrayal of Guilt, as delivering "new life" to screamo.
In a March 2019 interview for RVA Magazine, guitarist Alexander Rudenshiold said that the band's second album was entirely recorded. In April 2020 the band announced that their sophomore album, Beneath, would be released in May of that year on Dog Knights Productions. They also released a music video for "Someplace Else," the last track from the album. On April 17th, 2020, Infant Island released the second single for Beneath, "Stare Spells", along with a previously unannounced "miniLP" titled Sepulcher to positive reviews. Beneath was released on May 15th 2020 to positive reviews.

Musical Style

Infant Island's musical style has been universally described as screamo, and has often been compared to their regional predecessors Pg.99, City of Caterpillar, and Majority Rule. In 2018, Stereogum's Chris DeVille called their style "Deafheaven reframed in the sonic palette of Diary-era Sunny Day Real Estate."

Band Members

Current members
Past members

Studio Albums

Extended Plays

Compilation Albums

Singles

Music Videos

Compilation Appearances