Originally, underground cult heroes Saetia started in ’97 and ended in ’99. The members of the group were all NYU students when they arrived on the scene, and their clangy, discordant, dramatic music helped set the stage for the entire screamo subgenre. Saetia didn’t stick around for long, and they only recorded one album and a few assorted extras. Now, like so many other screamo pioneers, Saetia are now back together; they returned to playing live in 2022. Today, they’ve released their first new music since 1999.