Hood5six: Jeromes Dream 6/2/2023 TV EYE Ridgewood Queens, NY

How’s it goin? After a night of back to back Beatdown, we’re getting in touch with our emotions at TV EYE, and holding back our ugly cries for one of the greatest OG Screamo bands to ever do it. When I was frequenting blogspots for new bands to check out as a kid, the legendary Connecticut Screamo band Jerome’s Dream was always plastered all over the Skramz section of any Blog I was on. Along with bands like Orchid, I Hate Myself, , and so many more, Jerome’s Dream made their way onto my ipod classic, and I got to know their music a little better. Sure it was Screamo but it had the hallmarks of the earlier bands of the genre, before the genre took on prettier Midwest Emo qualities (to which I’m not opposed, but not what I was looking for at the time). Jerome’s Dream was always known for the dynamic in their sound, with a strong balance between the chaotic and the melodic. By taking cues from the originators of the genre coming out of the early 90s, as well as being a prod