Concert by the screamo band Dead Butterflies at the Chop Suey venue in Seattle.
Dead Butterflies are playing Chop Suey on Tuesday, November 17, at 6 PM. They're a seven-piece screamo ensemble from Fort Worth, Texas, and this is a headlining date with them as the sole act on the bill.
If you're not familiar with them, the sound is a bit of a stretch. They combine the raw intensity of screamo with moments of haunting beauty, mixing brass and piano with harsh vocals and guitars. It's a wide net to cast—their music pulls from emo, screamo, alternative, Midwest emo, post-hardcore, and shoegaze. The brass and piano aren't just window dressing; they sit right alongside the screaming and the distorted guitars, and the set moves between those two poles throughout the night.
They describe themselves as part of a modern DIY emo revival: music that feels both nostalgic and painfully current. That's a fair way to put it, as they lean into the emotional weight of the genre while keeping the arrangements expansive enough to hold all seven members at once. With a lineup that includes brass and piano, they're a larger ensemble than your typical screamo band, and you can hear that in the way the sound fills out.
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The show is on Tuesday, November 17, at Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, Seattle, WA, starting at 6 PM.
