letlive.
- GENRE: alternative metal, metalcore, post hardcore
- COUNTRY: USA
Letlive. is a unique name in the landscape of contemporary post-hardcore. They’ve never been one-dimensional. There has always been space for taking a breath, for melodies, big choruses – all tied together by their charismatic leader, Jason Aalon Butler. In 2025, they reactivated after a seven-year-long hiatus. Their Mystic Festival performance will surely prove that it was worth the wait.
History:
Letlive. was formed in 2002 in Los Angeles. With their first demo and EP, Exhaustion, Salt Water, and Everything in Between, they caused quite a stir in the hardcore underground. In 2005, they released their full-length debut album, Speak Like You Talk, but it was only with the five years younger Fake History that the band struck gold. They started touring like crazy and became the critical darling of media outlets from Allmusic to the BBC. The band’s two subsequent records, The Blackest Beautiful and If I’m the Devil, only reinforced their status. In 2017, Letlive. disbanded, but they returned to touring in 2024.
Discography:
LP:
Speak Like You Talk, 2005
Fake History, 2010
The Blackest Beautiful, 2013
If I’m the Devil, 2016
EP:
Exhaustion, Salt Water, and Everything in Between, 2003
Demo:
The Solid State Aftermath, 2002
Singles:
Dreamer’s Disease, 2013
Younger, 2013
Banshee, 2013
That Fear Fever, 2014
Nü Romantics, 2016
Good Mourning, America, 2016
Reluctantly Dead, 2016
The Dope Beat Rendition (Revisited), 2025