Landscapes (band)

Landscapes
Shaun Milton of Landscapes in 2014
Shaun Milton of Landscapes in 2014
Background information
OriginSomerset, England
Genres
Years active2009–2018
Labels
Past members
  • Shaun Milton
  • Kai Sheldon
  • Martin Hutton
  • Tom Paulton
  • Jordan Urch
  • Nick Willcox
  • Joe Cornish

Landscapes was a British melodic hardcore band based in Somerset, England. Formed in 2009, the band released one EP and two albums. They played at Hevy Music Festival and toured throughout Europe several times.

History

Previously named Counting Days, Landscapes was formed in Somerset, England, in late 2009 by Shaun Milton (vocals), Martin Hutton (guitar), Kai Sheldon (previously drums, later guitar), Nick Willcox (bass guitar), and Joe Cornish (guitar). They released the EP Reminiscence via Broken Night Records in May 2010. In July 2012, they published their debut full-length album, Life Gone Wrong, originally on City of Gold Records. The first pressing sold out, and in September 2013, it was re-released after the band signed to Pure Noise Records, based in San Francisco, which released the record worldwide.[1][2]

The band played at Hevy Music Festival in Kent on 4 August 2012, where they performed on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage, alongside Brutality Will Prevail and Eisberg.[3] Landscapes was the supporting band for Stray from the Path and The Ghost Inside on the Rock Sound Impericon Exposure Tour throughout the UK, which consisted of six concert dates between 18 and 23 February 2013.[4] Together with Australian melodic hardcore band In Hearts Wake, Landscapes played a whole European tour as support for the Amity Affliction. The tour was named Brothers in Arms Tour and went through Germany, Austria, the UK, Belgium, and France.[5] The band started a second European concert tour as support for Defeater in January 2014.[6] Before that tour started, Landscapes played four headliner shows in Dresden, Bielefeld, Frankfurt, and Göttingen.[7]

Landscapes supported the Used on their UK tour in February 2015.[8]

They released their second album, Modern Earth, on 8 April 2016, via Californian label Pure Noise Records.

In January 2018, Landscapes deleted their Instagram and Facebook accounts and added to their Twitter bio: "Was a hardcore punk rock band, now dead. 2010–2018 RIP."

Musical style

Critics have categorised Landscapes' music as melodic hardcore,[9][10] emotional hardcore,[11][12][13] and screamo.[14] In a 2012 interview, Milton expressed dislike for being called a melodic hardcore band.[15] Instead, in a 2016 interview, he self-identified Landscapes as screamo.[16]

Sebastian Berning of the German online music magazine Powermetal.de has described the music of Landscapes as "dark-lyriced melodic hardcore" and compared the group to Dead Swans, the Carrier, and Killing the Dream.[10] The British magazine Rock Sound wrote that the band was influenced by the post-rock genre.[9] Before Modern Earth, Milton developed laryngitis, leading his vocal therapist to advise him against screaming so often. Because of this Modern Earth featured an increased amount of clean vocals.[16]

They have cited such influences as Verse, Have Heart,[17] Caspian,[18] Tom Waits,[19] the Cure,[20] Morrissey, Pissed Jeans, Man Overboard,[21] Modern Life Is War, and Björk.[22]

They have been cited as an influence by Casey,[23] Holding Absence,[24] and Capsize.[25]

Band members

  • Shaun Milton – vocals
  • Kai Sheldon – guitar
  • Martin Hutton – guitar
  • Tom Paulton – bass
  • Jordan Urch – drums
  • Nick Willcox – bass
  • Joe Cornish – guitar

Discography

Studio albums

  • Life Gone Wrong (2012)
  • Modern Earth (2016)

EPs

  • Reminiscence (2010)

References

  1. ^ Rachel Campbell: Alternative Press: Landscapes sign to Pure Noise Records
  2. ^ Brian Kraus: Alternative Press: Landscapes (Pure Noise Records) stream album reissue, 'Life Gone Wrong'
  3. ^ Clashfinder.com: Hevy Music Festival 2012 running order
  4. ^ Rock Sound: THE GHOST INSIDE HEADLINE ROCK SOUND IMPERICON EXPOSURE TOUR 2013
  5. ^ Dark Lord: Stormbringer.at: THE AMITY AFFLICTION, LANDSCAPES, IN HEARTS WAKE – Europa Tour Dates inkl. Wien Konzert! (German)
  6. ^ Brian Krauss: Alternative Press: Defeater announce European/UK tour with Caspian, Landscapes, More Than Life, Goodtime Boys
  7. ^ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload: Landscapes – Headlineshows vor der Defeater-Tour Archived 21 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine (German)
  8. ^ "The Used: 2015 UK Tour". Tour advertisement. Kerrang!. No. 1551. 17 January 2015. p. 27.
  9. ^ a b Alex Reeves: Rock Sound: Landscapes – Life Gone Wrong Review
  10. ^ a b Sebastiab Berning: Powermetal.de: Landscapes – Life Gone Wrong Kritik (German)
  11. ^ Morton, Luke (29 March 2016). "Landscapes: Modern Earth". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  12. ^ Asia, Unite (19 February 2016). "Check out: Emotional hardcore band Disdain from Indonesia (FFO: More Than Life)". Unite Asia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  13. ^ "German modern hardcore band Aches tackle youth struggles on their new powerful EP "Dead Youth"". 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Landscapes – Life Gone Wrong". punknews.org. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  15. ^ Kamiński, Karol (20 December 2012). "Landscapes: exclusive end of the year update". Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  16. ^ a b Shaun Milton (6 March 2016). Ian Hates Music Episode#12 (Landscapes) (podcast). Event occurs at 11m27s. Retrieved 27 January 2026. So I had, like, a laryngitis, I couldn't talk for about a month, maybe maybe a bit longer, and, I had to see a vocal therapist and had to do loads of different exercises, and they, explained to me that I couldn't just, like, like, scream, scream, scream all the time... it made me think about, like, the way that we were gonna sort of evolve Landscapes rather than just being, like, a screamo band all the time, like, how we could become something.
  17. ^ Shaun Milton (6 March 2016). Ian Hates Music Episode#12 (Landscapes) (podcast). Event occurs at 10m40. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  18. ^ Shaun Milton (6 March 2016). Ian Hates Music Episode#12 (Landscapes) (podcast). Event occurs at 29m52s. Retrieved 27 January 2026. [Caspian are] incredible I mean... Like, every single one of them. I came away from that Defeater tour with Caspian, and the Goodtime Boys, a completely different person. I found myself, like, most evenings and, like, I was stuck to watching their show every single night.
  19. ^ Shaun Milton (6 March 2016). Ian Hates Music Episode#12 (Landscapes) (podcast). Event occurs at 1h1m5s. Retrieved 27 January 2026. Tom Waits is like a massive influence to me.
  20. ^ "Interview: Landscapes". Push to Fire. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  21. ^ "Music Interview: Landscapes". Things&Ink. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  22. ^ Kamiński, Karol (20 December 2012). "Landscapes: exclusive end of the year update – IDIOTEQ.com". Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  23. ^ Tom Weaver from Casey. 100 Words or Less (Podcast). Event occurs at 24m. Retrieved 25 December 2025. For a while there was a really huge rise of like chaotic post-hardcore, emotive hardcore what ever you want to call it... bands like Departures and Landscapes and Bastions and Dead Swans and Up River.
  24. ^ Holding Absence Interview 2017 (Writing Debut Album, Expressing Their Identity, Download Festival) (interview). 8 May 2017. Event occurs at 3m5s. Retrieved 16 January 2026. We all take influence from different areas... other people in the band are fans of Landscapes
  25. ^ "Meet: Capsize interview". Backseat Mafia. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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