“False Point” arrives digitally on July 3, 2025, pairing two rising Midwestern emo outfits whose previous releases—Pomfret’s debut full‑length “You’ll Be Back When Things Fall Apart” and Delirium.’s EP “For Dreams of Portland Via Postcards”—already drew underground traction. A U.S. summer tour follows; booking contacts and press info appear below.
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The split has been in conversation since the bands first toured together in June 2024, after originally meeting at Pomfret’s first show on April 8, 2023. Jack Kamienski frames it as a transitional release: “We had a song that never made the album and slowly wrote another one and it suddenly clicked that it was finally time to make this split a reality… We got mathrock, we got emo, and we’ve got some stuff no one has heard from us before.”
Pomfret use “Never Much of a Reader” to slow their pace and lean moodier, while “Lake Michigan” pushes a more mature version of their core sound.
For Delirium., “False Point” documents an internal shift. The lineup expands to four with second guitarist Paul DiGiovanni joining vocalist/guitarist Brodie Staton, drummer Luke Penner, and bassist Niko Tran. “This split represents a big shift in our band, primarily because this is our first release as a four‑piece band,” Tran says. The new configuration broadens range: “This Thing Between Us” taps post‑hardcore edges, “Watch For The Light” pulls toward pop‑punk. Tran stresses the chemistry with Pomfret: “Pomfret is a band that comes across as purely authentic, and it’s a blessing to share this release alongside them.”
Sequencing places Delirium. first because the Doppler‑effect opening of “This Thing Between Us” works best as an entry point. Artwork and visual cohesion—handled by Springfield’s Finley Partin—were planned jointly, underscoring the collaborative nature of the release.
Local context shapes both halves. Pomfret point to Springfield, Missouri’s dense hardcore calendar and emerging emo youth like Navi. Delirium. trace Wichita’s evolution from scattered indie toward a robust, post‑COVID DIY network fueled by Long Live DIY. That grassroots support underpins their shared ethos: mutual aid, floor sleeping hospitality, and interstate community. “It’s a collective of different DIY projects helping us so it’s still very DIY in ethos,” Kamienski notes. Tran echoes: community across basements and apartments is what makes any impact meaningful.
Tour life has stayed controlled, though DiGiovanni’s insistence on “sky squids” provided comic relief: “The craziest thing is that no one believes me about these sky squids that shits real I have video and im normal.”
Press recognition already circles the project: Pomfret appeared in Ian Cohen’s “The Best Emo Albums of 2024,” on the “Five At The Door” podcast, and “False Point” has an early write‑up on Obicogs. Upcoming plans move quickly—Pomfret will tour a bit more before writing another album; Delirium. are deep into a new full‑length aiming for next year.
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Read the full interview below for details on their first meeting, writing shifts, adding Paul DiGiovanni, sound evolution and sequencing, local Springfield and Wichita scenes, DIY philosophy, tour stories (including sky squids), and what’s next for both bands.
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Where did it start?
Pomfret: We all met about 2 and a half years ago on april 8th 2023 when delirium. Came to springfield to play at a local house show with us. It was actually our first show ever as a band so we kind of looked up to them in a way because they were the first “touring” band we had met and interacted with.
delirium: We had met Pomfret when going on a run in April 2023. Delirium was a three piece at this time, and we went out of town with Ferris Wheel Regulars, Paul from this band is now in our band. Meeting Pomfret was great for us, and their first show blew our minds.
Pomfret / delirium: We managed to find the original flyer for the show and it is just as awful as we remember it
The idea for a split between us has been kicking around for over a year at this point, essentially at the end of every major project we did we’d be like “ok is it time for the split now?”
What shifts affected your process?
Pomfret: We had just put an album out at the end of 2024 when we started the process of writing more songs so it was largely a shift in mindset from a larger project to something a little bit smaller. Our writing process was mostly the same but I feel like our sound naturally shifted to something a little moodier but still familiar.
delirium: This is our first release with a second guitarist (Paul DiGiovanni) and that has changed our creative process in the best way possible. We have been trying to shift our sound from twinkly to a more full and definitive sound. We wrote This Thing Between Us with the intention of it being a single to announce Paul was joining the band, but then Pomfret came to us for a split so we decided to include it for that along with another new song.
Did you decide on a theme before hand?
Pomfret / delirium: We didn’t talk about what the songs should be about at all, we just wrote 2 songs each and they happened to mesh really well. We did a lot of planning with the art and general vibe surrounding the split and tour. Our friend from Springfield Missouri Finley Partin did basically every piece of art for the split, the tour flyer and all our admats so shout out fin.
What does your evolution of sound look like?
Pomfret: For us we still kept a pretty familiar sound while trying to get weirder. Never Much of a Reader is probably the slowest song we’ve ever written and that was something that was exciting to us cause it allowed us to get moodier and test our boundaries. Lake Michigan was a stronger return to what Pomfret sounds like at its purest form but with a more mature sound compared to other stuff we’ve released.
delirium: On this release, we talked about records we admire and asked ourselves how we can incorporate all of our own personal tastes to create this release. We have been wanting to branch out into new sounds and experimenting with new styles. This Thing Between Us is tapping into some post-hardcore sounds, while Watch For The Light is reaching into some pop-punk territory.
How did you approach sequencing the split?
Pomfret / delirium: Delirium asked to have their songs first since This Thing Between Us opens with a doppler effect that just didn’t make sense to put halfway through the ep.
Tell me about your local scene
Pomfret: For Us this is like opening up pandoras box, we love Springfield Missouri so much. Our Hardcore scene is the thing we are proudest of, basically every week there are multiple hardcore shows you can find us at whether we are playing or just enjoying the music and friends. The first date of this tour we are on was a July 4th celebrations with 16 hardcore bands and then Us because we are so connected to the hardcore scene despite being an emo band. Shout out Springfield Hardcore and there is also this new band Navi that is full of young kids who are making insane emo music. They sound like brave little abacus and they are all 12-16 Years old I dont even know how thats possible.
delirium: Wichita has undergone significant changes over the last decade. The scene used to be predominantly indie rock with sprinkles of hardcore bands. Groups like Kiss 2 and Virgins paved the way for a hardcore renaissance in the Wichita area. In the last three years, the scene has grown exponentially with the help of Long Live DIY, bringing hardcore to the forefront and giving a sense of camaraderie and strength for the community. After COVID, house venues were wiped out, and the DIY scene essentially had to rebuild from nothing. Whether it’s emo, hardcore, or something in between, it’s a home for everyone to discover themselves creatively in a city that’s ever changing. We love you Wichita.
What does DIY mean to you?
Pomfret: Logistically we are starting to get some help outside of our own camp which I guess makes us more of a “do it together” band. Pat from Save The Cat Booking helped us book this tour and is helping us book some other things, Hunk of Plastic has been helping us with physical releases and outreach so it’s been nice to not have the entire load of work just on the band. That being said It’s a collective of different DIY projects helping us so its still very DIY in ethos. I think the reason we are still so into DIY is the idea of helping each other out no matter what. We have slept on floors for pretty much every day of this tour purely out of the kindness of other peoples hearts and it can bring a tear to your eye. Making a post saying “Hey we are struggling to find a place to stay/play” and knowing we will get a response from someone trying to help makes everything worth it cause we’d do the same in a heartbeat.
delirium: DIY is everything to us. So many relationships have been formed through this DIY music community whether it’s here in Wichita, Springfield, or half way across the country. There are so many people just like us, making music they love and going on tours because of that love. Sleeping on the floors of people who believe in this community, a community that crosses state lines. Whatever this DIY thing is, it grows stronger everyday. Someone in Pittsburgh told us that we got to be their first show ever. It’s an unreal feeling that we have all felt ourselves, and even more surreal that we are the reason for some of those memories now. Memories we all hold close to our hearts forever. It doesnt matter if you are standing in a crowded basement in the midwest, or someones apartment in the east coast. Community is universal for this to prosper, and we are all so thankful for it. If we ever positively impacted one person due to DIY, that’s all that matters.
What is one unexpected moment from tour so far?
Pomfret: Surprisingly, there hasn’t been anything too unexpected that has happened on this tour, which sums it up to some extent. We are both very strategic and careful bands, so we don’t often things go super out of the ordinary. One funny moment of tour was staying at the swarmyard in bowling green ohio and getting paul to open up about “sky squids” and other random cryptids that he has on video.
delirium: The craziest thing is that no one believes me about these sky squids that shits real I have video and im normal. – Paul
Whats next?
Pomfret: Pomfret plans on doing a little bit more touring, we are gonna hunker down soon and write another album to hopefully release in the next year or so. Nothing concrete but a lot of ambitious ideas.
delirium: Right now, delirium is in the middle of writing another full length. Hopefully we will get it out around this time next year, but no promises.
