“The Texan band Portrayal of Guilt make a charged, unstable, guttural form of screamo — one that draws on grindcore and power violence, rather than on the big-tent Warped Tour music of the mid-’00s” — Stereogum
“Portrayal of Guilt are on a mission to make screamo great again since bursting onto the scene two years ago. The band pushes itself well beyond the traditional confines of the genre by trying vastly different approaches on each new release” — Revolver
“packs countless metal and punk subgenres into its short running time and ends up sounding totally spastic and unhinged without entirely going off the rails” — Brooklyn Vegan
PORTRAYAL OF GUILT just dropped a brand new song, “Moral Decay,” from their upcoming EP Suffering Is A Gift. Listen here.
The EP drops August 30 via Closed Casket Activities.
Portrayal of Guilt will hit the road with Harm’s Way and more this week. All dates are below.
SUFFERING IS A GIFT EP TRACK LISTING:
1. Self-Inflicted
2. Scarcity
3. Dissolution
4. Moral Decay
5. A Futile Light
6. Merciless
PORTRAYAL OF GUILT ON TOUR:
With Harm’s Way, Jesus Piece and Fuming Mouth (*)
8/3 — Austin, TX — 523 Thompson
8/4 — Dallas, TX — TBA
8/5 — Memphis, TN — B—Side
8/6 — Ankeny, IA — The Hive
8/7 — Chicago, IL — The Beat Kitchen*
8/8 — Detroit, MI — The Sanctuary*
8/9 — Cleveland, OH — The Foundry*
8/10 — Toronto, ON — Hard Luck*
8/13 — Asbury Park, NJ — House of Independents*
8/14 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium*
8/15 — Waterford, NY — Chrome*
8/16 — Hartford, CT — The Webster Underground*
8/17 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Bazaar*
8/18 — Washington, D.C. — Rock & Roll Hotel*
8/19 — Richmond, VA — Space Litter Records
8/20 — Charlotte, NC —Skylark
8/21 — Nashville, TN — Betty’s Grill
8/22 — Huntsville, AL — TBA
8/23 — New Orleans, LA — Circle Bar
8/24 — Houston, TX — TBA
