Washington, DC-based post-hardcore outfit Sutras — Tristan Welch (vocals, guitar) and Frederick Ashworth (drums, bass) — are a self-described “Dharma punk collective,” with its members acknowledging the one thing they know well: suffering. Their work is influenced by some of the DC area’s legendary post hardcore bands, including Majority Rule and Pianos Become The Teeth, their love of the “neo-crust” movement popularized by the likes of Tragedy and From Ashes Rise and their slow of the slow, heavy and dreamy approach of bands like Hum and Jesu.

The DC-based duo’s latest single “A Daily Reprieve” is a slow-burning and bruising dirge featuring thunderous drum work, scorching guitars paired with Welch’s urgent howls. Despite the band’s cited influences, “A Daily Reprieve” brings Low Praise‘s Dressing to my mind — at least to my ears — but angrier, and more desperate, echoing the extreme weirdness and uneasiness of our current moment.