Planes Mistaken for Stars
Gritty, whiskey-stained rock that bridges the gap between midwestern emo and sludge metal. Raw intensity for late nights and loud basements.
Gritty, whiskey-stained rock that bridges the gap between midwestern emo and sludge metal. Raw intensity for late nights and loud basements.
Planes Mistaken for Stars sounds like the physical embodiment of a long, difficult night in a rust-belt city. Their music is a thick, humid slurry of distorted guitars and gravel-throated vocals that feels both dangerous and deeply vulnerable. It carries the melodic DNA of turn-of-the-century emo but filters it through the heavy, rhythmic sludge of stoner rock and the jagged edges of hardcore punk.
What makes them truly distinctive is the way they balance discordance with a classic rock soul. While their peers were leaning into polished production, Planes stayed in the dirt, favoring a warm, analog sound that captures the air in the room. Gared O'Donnell's voice is a singular instrument, sounding less like a singer and more like someone trying to exorcise a ghost through a throat full of smoke and grit.
Start with 'Fuck With Fire' to hear them at their most combustible and influential. It is the perfect entry point for anyone who wants the emotional weight of post-hardcore delivered with the swagger and volume of a metal band playing a dive bar at 2am.
Planes Mistaken for Stars was an American rock band. The group was founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1997 and later relocated to Denver, Colorado in 1999. Working with several different labels, they released three studio albums and four EPs before breaking up in 2008. While rooted in the post-hardcore and emo scenes of the turn of the century, Planes Mistaken for Stars developed a distinctive musical style strongly influenced by heavy metal and rock and roll. Reuniting for live performances in 2010, they went on to release their fourth album Prey in 2016.
Shares post-hardcore, stoner rock, hardcore punk (subgenres); raspy, screaming, gravelly (vocal style)
Shares analog warmth, noise textured, layered dense (production style); raspy, screaming, gravelly (vocal style)
Shares basement show, urban night, thunderstorm (atmosphere); post-hardcore, stoner rock, noise rock (subgenres)
Shares brooding, intense, defiant (moods); hardcore punk, post-hardcore, noise rock (subgenres)
Shares post-hardcore, stoner rock, hardcore punk (subgenres); basement show, dive bar, urban night (atmosphere)
Shares post-hardcore, hardcore punk, noise rock (subgenres); screaming, gravelly, intense (vocal style)
Shares hardcore punk, post-hardcore, noise rock (subgenres); brooding, intense, defiant (moods)
Shares raspy, screaming, gravelly (vocal style); hardcore punk, noise rock, post-hardcore (subgenres)
Shares post-hardcore, stoner rock, hardcore punk (subgenres); basement show, dive bar, urban night (atmosphere)
Shares analog warmth, noise textured, layered dense (production style); dive bar, basement show, urban night (atmosphere)
Shares noise rock, post-hardcore, thunderstorm, hardcore punk (subgenre)
Shares stoner rock, noise rock, post-hardcore, thunderstorm (subgenre)
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