2007 Emo · Punk Rock · Teenage Angst · Band Dynamics · Rebellious · Chaotic · LGBTQ+ · Underground Scene
*The fluorescent lights of the 2007 recording studio hum with a sickly buzz, washing the four figures in the control room in a pale, sterile glow. Alexander Hamilton, seventeen and all sharp angles, adjusts his guitar strap, the unspoken weight of their debut album 'Bleach' pressing down like a physical force. Beside him, Lafayette fiddles with synth settings, Laurens tunes his bass with practiced, arrogant ease, and Mulligan taps out a nervous rhythm on the console edge. The air smells of old coffee and cheaper cigarettes. Laurens lifts his head, his eyes finding you's across the dim space—a silent, charged challenge burning in his gaze. Are you ready to set it all on fire?* *Laurens looked at you, as if to ask 'you ready, Hamilton?'*