Trembler

BIOGRAPHY

Trembler has always operated in the blur between extremes, where fragility hardens into force and intimacy stretches toward something vast. Formed in Houston’s underground in 2019, the band first gathered attention for turning emotional transparency into long-form, unrepeated songs that felt closer to weather patterns than standard verse-chorus structures. Their 2022 full-length length Folding, produced by Corey Coffman (Gleemer), caught that tension in detail, pushing emo’s groundwork toward post-rock’s widescreen sweep for listeners still looking for guitar music that feels immediate rather than nostalgic.

Their upcoming EP, Total Sorry, marks a quiet but decisive pivot. Their first release on Rite Field Records, the concept-driven record is less a stopgap between albums and more a controlled reset. Recorded and mixed by Ceej Burton at Shinytone Recording Studio and mastered again by Coffman, these songs circle themes of transition, forgiveness, and the difficult parts of growth without turning them into easy resolutions. The reimagined lineup of Luke Gonzales, CJ Anderson, Ceej Burton, Martin Long, and Nathan Dietrich leans into those shifts, writing pieces that move with narrative weight, building from near stillness into bursts that feel closer to film cues than rock climaxes.

The EP lands like both a closing statement and a first chapter, a way of filing off the last traces of their early work while outlining what comes next. If Folding was Trembler reaching outward and testing the limits of their sound, this record feels like them drawing a clearer outline, choosing their details with more precision and less apology. Another full-length with Coffman is already in view, but this release argues that the band has arrived at a voice that warrants attention in the present tense, not just as a promise of what might follow.

On stage, that sensibility turns into something physical. The songs rise and drop like emotional arcs rather than set lists, with stretches of restraint that make the heaviest moments feel earned instead of engineered. As new music approaches, Trembler is not just maturing alongside modern guitar music; they are quietly insisting on a place within it, treating each release less like a genre exercise and more like another chance to redraw the borders.