“I Thought I Saw You In My Dreams” is the longest Letterbombs song to date. It takes up the band’s entire side of a new split tape with Swedish project återstod, released via No Funeral Records, and on its own it nearly matches the runtime of all four återstod pieces put together. The math caught us off-guard the first time we saw the tracklist.
Letterbombs have appeared in our pages a few times by now. The 2024 dual interview alongside Gil Cerrone, the Finnskramz Finnish screamo feature later that year, summer 2025 In Shorts roundups, the 2023 Coma Regalia tribute. Each round Chris and the rest of the band have come back with concrete details about how the project actually works. Splits in particular are central to how Letterbombs function. This new one with Göteborg’s återstod sits in a transitional moment for the Finnish side.
The band is based across Oulu, Jyväskylä and Vaasa, recording remotely between cities. Six years in, they’ve also moved past their original plan of staying off stages.
“Letterbombs started out as a band that had no intention of playing live, but here we six years later going to Germany and Poland,” Chris told us. “It’s great writing and recording music, but it’s always extra special getting to play the songs live internationally and even around Finland. Later this year in the summer, we’ll be performing in Europe.” Specific show announcements will land closer to the dates. Chris adds that the bands they’re playing with are truly amazing.
The split itself runs an uneven structure on paper: one Letterbombs track sitting opposite four shorter återstod pieces. The återstod side reads like a day cycle once you line up the titles, “dawn”, “dissociation”, “indifference”, “dusk”, and the Letterbombs song sits outside that loop entirely, stretching across one long arc.
About that long arc, Chris explained: “I Thought I Saw You In My Dreams was a track that I’d had partially written for quite a while and the intention from the beginning was to write a longer song overall that was pushing our sound but still sounded like Letterbombs. It’s definitely a rollercoaster of ride.”
The song reaches further than anything earlier in the catalog without losing what makes Letterbombs sound like Letterbombs. And the tape across both sides has more range than the heaviness alone might suggest. There’s plenty of pummelling between the Letterbombs piece and the four återstod tracks, but both bands work in pauses, tempo shifts and structural turns alongside it. The intensity is constant, the dynamics aren’t.
The recording approach matched how Letterbombs usually put releases together. They tracked everything themselves and Chris mixed his own track. Mastering went to Garry Brents. “Working with Garry is always a pleasure, he’s really a true master of his craft and gets things done quickly,” Chris said. “He’s given me a bunch of advice when it comes to mixing etc. Highly recommended to everyone!”
Artwork came from Nate at No Funeral. “Nate from No funeral did the artwork. I can’t remember did he bring it up or did suggest it, since I knew he’s done visual stuff too. What he came up with was amazing overall!”
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