Rolling sad emo boys (and girls {but not Jessica Hopper}) thread 2007

Bumped!

Ton of emo albums just got released:
Say Anything, Coheed and Cambria, Chiodos, The Good Life, Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Thursday DVD....

Quick judgements: Great, good, dumb, emo?, decent, eh, and rocking.

Also: What emo albums (if any) do you guys think are going to place on the year end polls/lists? Fall Out Boy seems like a shoe-in. Any others?

are against me emo?

i'm sure there's some gold if you dig but what I heard of the new Say Anything was real disappointing.

If I end up writing about year of emo, I'm gonna write about Against Me!, but I'm not sure it's emo. It's really punk, I think.

Metacritic seems to like Say Anything. What should I seek?

I'm even more backwards than normal, so I have no idea what is going on.

I just finally heard the last Say Anything album, kinda avoided it until now. Better than I thought. A little ridiculous at times, but I didn't hate it. I'm going to try to listen to the new one soon, its been getting surprisingly good reviews.

I'd give the new Streetlight Manifesto a try. It comes out next week (I'm reviewing it). It's really Ska, but it's got a lot of emo sensibilities, a lot of lyrics that fit the genre conventions. And I get the feeling Tom (the singer) is much more connected to the emo scene than other ska bands. (Other Ska bands? Gasp. Yes, they exist.)

I discovered them on Gossip Girl this week, but So They Say aren't bad. Worth checking out (though they've got that cluttered myspace page indicative of an emo band).

Can't be worse than M.I.A.'s.

Rewatched Brand New's Sic Transit Gloria video tonight; had the odd experience of finding it more brilliant and more insipid than when I had first seen it. Also watched the Trick Turner video "Friends and Family" and thought about how great it was that emo has supplanted nu-metal as the genre of choice for angsty teenagers (and me).

Of note: Scanned a friend's teenager sister's iPod this weekend and found Les Miz + Rent next to MCR + Fallout Boy.

mordechai: re your final sentence: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~thepress/read.php?id=1188

somewhat crappily written, but just wanted to let you know someone else is having the same thought

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Is the Metro Station album any good? "Shake It" might be my favourite hit of the summer.

I'm actually not totally sure what makes it emo, except for the one guy's voice and their haircuts.

Don't feel like starting a 2009 thread for this. Anyway, Attack! Attack! are like a Fall Out Boy b-sides band. Thought you guys might be interested. Punknews.org is streaming three of their songs today.

http://www.punknews.org/bands/attackattack

Anyone heard the new Rise Against? I really like The Sufferer and the Witness.

i checked out the Two Tongues album that came out yesterday, and it's pretty good! considering that I love Say Anything and hate Saves The Day, I thought I'd be really hot and cold on this, but it all hangs together well even when the whiny STD (heh) guy is singing.

Yeah, there are some really enjoyable songs on the Two Tongues. I like Crawl. I think whenever Max is given the reigns, the stuff sounds great. The Saves the Day input is horrific, tho, imho.

Ha, guess it's less new than I thought it was. I suck.

It's pretty new AFAIK. I think it just came out last week?

I totally don't suck!

New Taking Back Sunday album coming out (at least acc. to AMP Magazine). It's called New Again. First single (I think), and they've got a new guitarist - Matthew Fazzi - and... it really doesn't sound anything like them :(

Blah. That'll teach me for posting a youtube link without confirming it's the right song first. It's here:

I'm excited for the new Taking Back Sunday, they always manage a couple of good songs per album. I'm listening to the Two Tongues again right now, growing on me with each listen. Bemis' contributions are certainly the better of the two, but I've always had a soft spot for Conley's whine - so this is a pretty good pairing to my ears.

New Say Anything coming out (that first single is awesome IMHO), new Brand New coming out AND new Thrice coming out. It's like 2003 all over again!

Love the new Motion City Soundtrack. I was never really into them before, but something good happened when they signed to a major label. Much hookier.

Btw, if no one noticed, I use this thread as a Rolling Emo Boys thread, not just for 2007.

Yes, the new Motion City Soundtrack is pretty damn good! Glad I gave it a chance. I never liked anything I've heard off the previous two albums, but I was a big fan of I Am the Movie. Still nothing as good as "The Future Freaks Me Out", but "Her Words Destroyed My Planet" does a good job trying. Not a big fan of "History Lesson" though, the Flogging Molly touch just does not work.

Just dug out Through Being Cool and Stay What You Are this week for the first time in several years. They were favorites of mine when I was getting over a breakup in 2002, and I'm really surprised at how well they've held up. Before I knew the word "emo", I just called them "whineyboy". I never really got into emo though, other than Thrice/Thursday-ish screamo stuff, which is in a different league altogether, perhaps. I might try to investigate stuff like Say Anything and Motion City Soundtrack this week, just for kicks.

Also check out the new Gaslight Anthem + Against Me!. Good year for Warped Tour'ish bands.

the soundguy at a recent show i went to was playing through being cool in between bands. i'm sure it was the delicate balance of nostalgia, booze, and weed, but "you vandal" was about the most perfect thing to my ears at that moment