LA queercore melodic skramz act BELTED SWEATER challenges mainstream LGBT culture in new album

Christopher Patrick Gregory doesn’t sugarcoat anything. He’s got a lot to say, and he’s saying it loudly. Belted Sweater’s self-titled sophomore album, out February 21st via Self Versed Records and Softseed Music, an imprint of Zegema Beach Records, is a wrecking ball of queercore skramz, synths, and seething social commentary. It’s not a comfortable listen, but that’s the point. “This album is about what I see and what I want to see in the LGBT community” It’s a full-throttle critique of the mainstream gay community’s drift toward the center, delivered with the kind of fury that doesn’t come cheap. “The