Jeromes Dream 'The Gray In Between'

The Gray In Between is the third full-length from Jeromes Dream, one of the defining bands to emerge from the late-’90s screamo and hardcore underground alongside Orchid, Saetia, Reversal of Man, and pageninetynine.

Originally active from 1997 to 2001 before reforming in 2018, Jeromes Dream have always occupied their own extreme corner of hardcore, balancing overwhelming intensity with atmosphere, tension, and emotional weight. The Gray In Between pushes that sound further while retaining everything that made the band so singular in the first place.

The album introduces guitarist Sean Leary of Loma Prieta, expanding the band’s sonic palette through dense, dissonant guitars, violent bursts of hardcore, and moments of stark beauty. Across the record, Jeromes Dream sound sharper and more deliberate without sacrificing the chaos and vulnerability at the center of their music.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, known for his work with Deafheaven, Quicksand, Joyce Manor, and Loma Prieta, The Gray In Between captures the band with enormous clarity and physical weight.

More than twenty-five years after Jeromes Dream first emerged, The Gray In Between stands as one of the band’s most powerful and fully realized records, connecting the urgency of their earliest material with a heavier and more expansive approach to modern screamo and hardcore.

“The most purely beautiful, widely accessible album of their career without sacrificing any of their usual darkness or fury.” — BrooklynVegan

“An intense sprint of a song full of blastbeats and hellish screams… [with] grand, yearning melody in those ringing guitar crashes.” — Stereogum

“Their signature sound; enhanced and matured.” — No Echo

“Captures glimpses of beauty through Smith’s vivid imagery.” — NPR

“A top-tier screamo record from one of the genre’s most legendary bands.” — Lambgoat