Infant Island

Infant Island was formed in the summer 2016 by vocalist Daniel Kost, guitarist Alexander Rudenshiold, bassist Kyle Guerra, and drummer James Rakestraw. On August 1 2018, in advance of a U.S. and Canada tour, they released their self-titled debut album to critical acclaim.[1][2][3] In the same month, the album was featured in Noisey's "Summer of Screamo" column, in which writer Dan Ozzi called it "a linchpin for modern screamo."[4] In October 2018, the band parted ways with drummer James Rakestraw – replacing him with Austin O'Rourke who had formerly worked with bassist Guerra in smallhands, an early touring and split EP partner band for Infant Island.

In February 2019, Infant Island was featured in The Washington Post, along with contemporaries Vein and Portrayal of Guilt, as delivering "new life" to screamo.[5]

In a March 2019 interview for RVA Magazine, guitarist Alexander Rudenshiold said that the band's second album was entirely recorded.[6] In April 2020 the band announced that their sophomore album, Beneath, would be released in May of that year on Dog Knights Productions. They also released a music video for "Someplace Else," the last track from the album.[7] On April 17th, 2020, Infant Island released the second single for Beneath, "Stare Spells", along with a previously unannounced "miniLP" titled Sepulcher to positive reviews.[8][9] Beneath was released on May 15th 2020 to positive reviews.[10][11] Though chronologically it was released before Beneath, Sepulcher consists of material recorded almost a year after.[8] Beneath was featured on several "Best of 2020" lists.[12][13][14]

In response to the George Floyd protests, on June 5th Infant Island released a compilation album titled Collections 1, donating the proceeds to bail funds and mutual aid groups supporting protesters in Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia.[15][16] Collections 1 contains previously unreleased tracks, reworks of songs by the band's members, as well as "rarities" from their compilation appearances and split albums.

• "Ugly Brunette/July 5th" (originally by Horse Jumper of Love; Compilation "Grave Neighbors Volume 2") (2018, Middle-Man Records)
• "A Preoccupation (Reprise)" (Compilation "Sordid States Volume 2") (2019, Middle-Man Records)