Fullscreen is a Philly-based cinematic indie rock band. The quartet uses soaring melodies, striking dynamic shifts, scorching guitars, and atmospheric textures to turn richly detailed songs into an immersive live experience. 

Finding inspiration in genre and the spaces in between, the band likes to think of each release as a different movie by the same director. If Labyrinthitis is the low-budget horror cult classic, Highway Hypnosis is the effort to maintain artistic sensibilities in a wider-reaching neon-lit drama. The story and setting change, but the instincts, personalities, and obsessions remain.

“’Make No Mistake’” sees the quartet fully immersed in a liminal space between pulsating darkwave and the reverberating layers of dissociated dream-pop as the track builds its various layers of ominous harmonized vocals. It’s shoegaze by M83’s definition of the term— ambient, electronic, otherworldly.” – Flood Magazine

“A little Slowdive, a little Wolf Parade, but with its own distinct sense of space and tension, “Avoidance Disorder” lingers long after the last note fades. Undoubtedly, this piece is one of the best I heard so far this year.” – Where the Music Meets

Highway Hypnosis finds Fullscreen leaning into clarity and pressure in equal measure, a defining moment on their upcoming sophomore LP. After a string of head-turning live sets and a pair of acclaimed early releases, the Philadelphia four-piece sharpened their focus—not just refining their darkly cinematic sound, but rethinking how to wield it. Gone is any hint of hazy detachment. In its place: a punchier, tighter version of the band that still deals in atmosphere, but isn’t afraid to hit hard.

Working out of self-built home studios, Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, and Montrose Recording in Richmond, Fullscreen took their time shaping the new record, trading files, layering textures, and chasing a sound that felt both bigger and more intimate.

Fullscreen’s evolution is not just audible—it’s visceral. Onstage, they’ve cultivated a reputation for immersive, high-stakes performances, sharing bills with acts like Alex G, Horse Jumper of Love, and Kississippi. With their sophomore LP due out June 18 on Bad Catt Records / Mint 400 Records, the band—Harper McGrath, Eric Scheuler, Jon Furson, and Kirby Vitek—offers a record built to stick in your chest and stay there.

-Pirate