Belmont

With a non-traditional range of influences including metal, grunge, and jazz, Belmont's candid lyrics and faintly dissonant sound on albums such as their 2018 self-titled debut make the output of labels like Jade Tree and Deep Elm a touchstone. The ambitious Chicago trio continued to explore the outer reaches of pop-punk, metal, jazz fusion, hip-hop, and math rock on 2022's Pure Noise-issued Aftermath.