Full Surrender

Full Surrender were an acoustic emo band active from 1998 to around 2005. They were possibly from New Jersey, given that's where their label, Jerk Records, was based. Their music is sometimes classified as acoustic screamo, but that's kind of a stretch. There's just not enough screaming to justify calling it that. Their music is essentially acoustic midwest emo with occasional sections of screaming and harder chords. They aren't too different from quite a few midwest emo bands in that sense, especially the ones from the mid-90s who weren't all that distant from their hardcore roots. They are definitely screamo-influenced, but saying they're an acoustic screamo band is going to set the wrong expectations.

Someone from the band posted a brief eulogy for Full Surrender on the band's Last.FM page, but it's light on details. As I said, I'm not certain the band was from NJ, but their label was, and that's also where the second EP was recorded. Their discography seems to mainly consist of two official EPs: 2003's Lines in the Dark, and 2004's The Distance Between. There is also a CDr of unreleased material dated to 2004; this review from 2003 is based on a three song demo, and judging by the track names, it's a separate release. Two of the songs mentioned are on the EPs, but one is not, though I suppose it's possible that the unknown track three from the four song CDr is actually the song "On Soldiers and Enemies" mentioned in the review. The review also links an MP3.com profile for the band, so who knows what they may have had up there. Given the band was formed in 1998, there may be other releases prior to 2003.

Lines in the Dark + the distance between

Unreleased CDr