Portraits of Past with Saddest Landscape, Drought
Portraits Of Past prefers to be called a hardcore band, though many other adjectives and sub-genres have been leveled at them over the 30 years since these five childhood friends initially called it quits.
After many years of pent-up demand from listeners old and new, the darkly melodic, explosive, and reluctantly "legendary" five-piece originally from the San Francisco Bay Area is back for Summer 2025 to support a vinyl reissue of their classic 1996 self-titled album. This time around, showgoers can also expect the live debut of tracks from the 2009 Cypress Dust Witch EP.
Saddest Landscape - https://www.instagram.com/thesaddestlandscape
Drought - https://www.instagram.com/drought_band/
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More about Portraits of Past
Portraits of Past is an American post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As Kent McClard recounts on the Ebullition website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.
Former members of the band later formed other projects such as Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience, Funeral Diner, Vue, Bellavista and ...Who Calls So Loud.
Portraits of Past played a number of reunion shows in the second half of 2008. A new song was played at two California and two New York shows. Of the new song, lead vocalist Rob Pettersen has said, "We are not sure if other songs will be written or how/if we will release it/them. Nothing is ruled out, however... "
New material did eventually surface on an EP, Cypress Dust Witch, which was released by Excursions Into The Abyss on October 20, 2009.
In 2025, Portraits of Past announced reunion shows in California, stating that shows on the East Coast are a possibility. They also reissued their eponymous album shortly after announcing the reunion.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past
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Portraits Of Past prefers to be called a hardcore band, though many other adjectives and sub-genres have been leveled at them over the 30 years since these five childhood friends initially called it quits.
After many years of pent-up demand from listeners old and new, the darkly melodic, explosive, and reluctantly "legendary" five-piece originally from the San Francisco Bay Area is back for Summer 2025 to support a vinyl reissue of their classic 1996 self-titled album. This time around, showgoers can also expect the live debut of tracks from the 2009 Cypress Dust Witch EP.
Saddest Landscape - https://www.instagram.com/thesaddestlandscape
Drought - https://www.instagram.com/drought_band/
~~~
More about Portraits of Past
Portraits of Past is an American post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As Kent McClard recounts on the Ebullition website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.
Former members of the band later formed other projects such as Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience, Funeral Diner, Vue, Bellavista and ...Who Calls So Loud.
Portraits of Past played a number of reunion shows in the second half of 2008. A new song was played at two California and two New York shows. Of the new song, lead vocalist Rob Pettersen has said, "We are not sure if other songs will be written or how/if we will release it/them. Nothing is ruled out, however... "
New material did eventually surface on an EP, Cypress Dust Witch, which was released by Excursions Into The Abyss on October 20, 2009.
In 2025, Portraits of Past announced reunion shows in California, stating that shows on the East Coast are a possibility. They also reissued their eponymous album shortly after announcing the reunion.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past
Portraits of Past with Saddest Landscape, Drought
Portraits Of Past prefers to be called a hardcore band, though many other adjectives and sub-genres have been leveled at them over the 30 years since these five childhood friends initially called it quits.
After many years of pent-up demand from listeners old and new, the darkly melodic, explosive, and reluctantly "legendary" five-piece originally from the San Francisco Bay Area is back for Summer 2025 to support a vinyl reissue of their classic 1996 self-titled album. This time around, showgoers can also expect the live debut of tracks from the 2009 Cypress Dust Witch EP.
Saddest Landscape - https://www.instagram.com/thesaddestlandscape
Drought - https://www.instagram.com/drought_band/
~~~
More about Portraits of Past
Portraits of Past is an American post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As Kent McClard recounts on the Ebullition website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.
Former members of the band later formed other projects such as Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience, Funeral Diner, Vue, Bellavista and ...Who Calls So Loud.
Portraits of Past played a number of reunion shows in the second half of 2008. A new song was played at two California and two New York shows. Of the new song, lead vocalist Rob Pettersen has said, "We are not sure if other songs will be written or how/if we will release it/them. Nothing is ruled out, however... "
New material did eventually surface on an EP, Cypress Dust Witch, which was released by Excursions Into The Abyss on October 20, 2009.
In 2025, Portraits of Past announced reunion shows in California, stating that shows on the East Coast are a possibility. They also reissued their eponymous album shortly after announcing the reunion.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past
read more
Portraits Of Past prefers to be called a hardcore band, though many other adjectives and sub-genres have been leveled at them over the 30 years since these five childhood friends initially called it quits.
After many years of pent-up demand from listeners old and new, the darkly melodic, explosive, and reluctantly "legendary" five-piece originally from the San Francisco Bay Area is back for Summer 2025 to support a vinyl reissue of their classic 1996 self-titled album. This time around, showgoers can also expect the live debut of tracks from the 2009 Cypress Dust Witch EP.
Saddest Landscape - https://www.instagram.com/thesaddestlandscape
Drought - https://www.instagram.com/drought_band/
~~~
More about Portraits of Past
Portraits of Past is an American post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As Kent McClard recounts on the Ebullition website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.
Former members of the band later formed other projects such as Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience, Funeral Diner, Vue, Bellavista and ...Who Calls So Loud.
Portraits of Past played a number of reunion shows in the second half of 2008. A new song was played at two California and two New York shows. Of the new song, lead vocalist Rob Pettersen has said, "We are not sure if other songs will be written or how/if we will release it/them. Nothing is ruled out, however... "
New material did eventually surface on an EP, Cypress Dust Witch, which was released by Excursions Into The Abyss on October 20, 2009.
In 2025, Portraits of Past announced reunion shows in California, stating that shows on the East Coast are a possibility. They also reissued their eponymous album shortly after announcing the reunion.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past
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