Akron, Ohio’s Curtail isn’t afraid of being perceived as nostalgic. Forming in 2015, the indie/emo veterans are made up of Jesse Sloan (Cherry Cola Champions), Ben Hendricks (Annabel, Parting), Eric Sandt (The Ground is Lava), and Dan Corby (Bethesda), and with that, the group isn’t set in its way.

As the band readies When The Sway Sets (Friend Club Records) the group has shared songs like “I.D.K.” and “Through The Gleam” which burst with distorted fury, while “Into The Particle” and “Other Plane” draw elements from dream pop and shoegaze. 

According to Sloan, “The Sway is a struggle. It represents the forces in life that you have to choose to adjust to or align with, whether it be internal or external. The Sway is something we all have to take on in our own way. That’s kind of a theme throughout the record.”