Dear Seattle

Dear Seattle is a five-piece emo and melodic hardcore band from Sydney's Northern Beaches, pairing two-guitar interplay with the post-rock-leaning dynamics of bands like Pianos Become the Teeth, Basement and Citizen. Their sound moves between restrained, atmospheric passages and cathartic, shouted choruses. For fans of that late-2010s emo revival sound, a small-room show is the best place to hear it, with a band this size working at close quarters.