Label: persistent vision records

Who they are

Raein are a screamo band from Italy. Wikipedia lists members of La Quiete and the post-rock band Neil on Impression. The listed lineup includes Alessio Valmori on guitar and vocals and Andrea Console on vocals. Giuseppe Coluccelli plays guitar and sings, Michele Camorani plays drums, both since 2002. Nicola Amadori joined on bass in 2009. Marco Montesano held the bass seat from 2002 to 2009. The band broke up in late 2005 and regrouped in September 2007 after a two-year break. Wikipedia credits the group with bringing screamo to Europe after the genre’s United States peak around Orchid and Saetia.

Discography

The self-titled debut arrived in 2002 on Life of Hate Records. Il N’y A Pas De Orchestre followed in 2003 on Ape Must Not Kill Ape and React With Protest. Ogni Nuovo Inizio came out in 2008 through Sons of Vesta and Ape Must Not Kill Ape. Sulla linea dell’orizzonte fra questa mia vita e quella di tutti arrived in 2011 as a free self-release. Splits appeared with Phoenix Bodies, Funeral Diner, Daïtro, Loma Prieta and Ampere. The Loma Prieta split came out on Deathwish Inc. in 2013. A 2013 tour covered 20 shows in 22 days across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Ampere split followed on No Idea Records in 2015. That year Raein played Fluff Fest in the Czech Republic for the third time. Perpetuum, listed as an EP, arrived on April 29, 2015. Forme Sommerse ended a ten-year gap on October 24, 2025. The album holds two tracks across 27:22. The band’s statement on the release page describes ten years of change condensed into half an hour of music. The compilation A Collection of Splits and EPs 2004 - 2015 arrived on Persistent Vision Records in August 2024.

Labels

Persistent Vision Records is a DIY punk label based in Richmond, Virginia. Its Bandcamp page lists Pg.99, Pygmy Lush, La Quiete, Fórn, Ostraca and Joliette. Raein’s earlier records spanned Life of Hate, Ape Must Not Kill Ape and React With Protest. Later splits ran on Deathwish Inc. and No Idea Records.

Most recent release

The newest record is the Raein Daitro Split, posted September 4, 2026. It collects three Raein songs: Faithless, New Day Scenario and Blue Lines, running 9:42. Those tracks first appeared in 2004 on the Raein/Daïtro 10-inch. Wikipedia dates that original release to November 3, 2004, on PurePainSugar and Ape Must Not Kill Ape. The 12-inch repress is due in October 2026 on Persistent Vision Records. Three LP colorways are listed on the album page. Magenta in Cloudy Clear is limited to 218 copies. Magenta and Pink Galaxy and Clear with Magenta and Black Smoke are limited to 220 each. Two cassette runs of 65 copies exist in Purple Swirl and Cloudy Clear. A test pressing of 15 on black vinyl rounds out the list. LPs sell for 24 dollars, cassettes for 10 dollars, and test pressings for 65 dollars. Every variant is listed as in stock at the time of writing.

Where to buy and listen

The split streams on the Raein Bandcamp album page. The digital purchase includes MP3 and FLAC downloads. The same page carries the vinyl and cassette variants. Bandcamp text directs European buyers to Dog Knights Productions, Voice of the Unheard Records or Shove Records. The Forme Sommerse page lists Bis Aufs Messer, Devil Dog Distro and Shove Records as European stockists. Background history comes from the Wikipedia entry on Raein. The Persistent Vision Records Bandcamp lists the label’s full catalogue.

Who they are

ostraca are a screamo trio from Richmond, Virginia. Gus Caldwell plays bass and sings. Brian Russo plays guitar. John Crogan plays drums. The three started making music together in high school around 2008, first in a band called Kilgore Trout. The first ostraca show was in 2015. The band has released music for over a decade, according to Everything Is Noise.

Discography

Seven releases are listed on the ostraca Bandcamp page. Early records include deathless, the faces of the moving year split, last, and enemy. Disaster came out in 2023 on Skeletal Lightning. Eventualities followed in 2025 and opened with “Song For A Closed Door”. Thread is the newest release, out June 26, 2026.

Labels

The band moved from Skeletal Lightning to Persistent Vision Records after Disaster, per The Auricular. Persistent Vision is a Richmond label. It runs the annual Dark Days, Bright Nights festival. The label has also released records by Prisoner, Pygmy Lush and .gif From God.

Thread

Thread has six songs and runs 35:42. The tracklist is:

• Uncollected 5:52.
• Enmiserate 4:32.
• Song For November 7:44.
• Ganymede 4:11.
• Freedom From Pain 5:00.
• Greater Darkness (Something Worse) 8:23.

Most songs pass the five minute mark. Ganymede is an instrumental. Freedom From Pain opens with a deep roar from Caldwell. Everything Is Noise describes the album as screamo paired with post-rock atmosphere building. Caldwell has said the band prefers dark, intense and abrasive screamo. Some lyrics draw on the writing of Thomas Ligotti and Emil Cioran.

The band recorded Thread in November 2025 with Danny Gibney. Tracking took five days at Soundcheck Infinity in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Gibney engineered, mixed and mastered the record. He also worked on Eventualities and Disaster. Art and layout are by Garrett Smith. Photography and collage are by Nika Mckagen. The band started writing the album after an Asian tour.

Where to buy and listen

The Persistent Vision shop pressed 225 copies on pink with black and white splatter. Another 225 came on black ice with pink and white splatter. A tour exclusive run of 125 opaque gold copies was also pressed. Cassettes came in runs of 105 gold and 20 pink. The jacket is matte with an OBI strip and lyric insert. All variants are sold out at the label shop.

The album is streamable on Bandcamp. The label directs EU and UK buyers to Dog Knights Productions, Force Majeure, Shove Records and VOTU Records. Devil Dog Distro is also listed. Those shops offer cheaper shipping.