Every screamo fan knows what these Roman numerals mean, and just how influential they are. What would the future hold for Loma Prieta? Would they succumb to being another solid emotional hardcore band with a small cult following, or would there be new heights on the horizon.? And thus, life's uncertainty rears its ugly head once again. While this formula certainly worked well for them and proved Loma Prieta's worth among their contemporaries (Jeromes Dream, City of Caterpillar, Gospel, Birds in Row, pg.99) the band was facing the same risk that every great band faces at some point, becoming complacent. Following the underground success of Last City the band seemed to lock into that particular groove with 2009's Dark Mountain and 2010's Life/Less.

The strained shrieks of Sean Leary and gruff, withered yells of Brian Yanagaki also drive the band's loud, commanding sound to even greener pastures. There is a level of satisfaction in Saucedo's drumming that not many drummers can achieve, among the same category as Vincent Roseboom of legendary NYC screamo act Gospel. More impressive however, is the drumwork of longtime member Valeriano Saucedo, whose clean and precise work behind the kit is much to be admired. Since the humble beginnings of 2008's Last City the band has been making waves in the underground screamo community with their loud, face melting aggression and subsequently soothing the burn with melodic waves of guitar and pulsating bass that wash over the listener like a calming rainfall. One constant that remains however is Loma Prieta's ability to express a tornado of emotions through their music.

Somewhere wading in between a sea of melancholic deep blue and white hot aggression lies San Francisco screamo quartet, Loma Prieta.įormed in 2005, the band are no strangers to the ever flowing current of change. Life certainly fluctuates in interesting ways. With love, compassion, and understanding we can learn that human existence is more than just slaving away in a cubicle for 40 years until we grow old, decrepit, and hollow. With this life comes change, and growth as a human being.

With such a startling realization, we can either allow the ever looming shadow of the reaper to consume our minds, or we can find purpose and meaning before we meet our fate. If one thing is certain, it's that one day we will all give up the ghost like billions before us have.

Throughout the everyday trials and tribulations we face as human beings, from our most loving embraces all the way to our most painful defeats, time slowly withers us away until we are ultimately nothing but dust.

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