it's embarrassing to admit but i'm kinda smitten w/ this sorority noise album
the line "I'm not trying to say it's easy / But I'm trying to say it's fine" has been stuck in my head for days
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:04 (seven years ago) link
It's fun. Nothing to embarrassed about. The Old Grey album that came out last year was pretty good too.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
p4k gave it an 8. normally i don't care how p4k reviews an album but i just read all the those old anti-emo p4k reviews of classic albums of the genre a few weeks ago.
― Mordy, Friday, 24 March 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
i doubt this is the right thread for them but maybe the only place on ilm i can admit i am really digging this Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms album which is horror punk and so somewhat related to emo/pop-punk at least to me?
― Mordy, Sunday, 2 April 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
I'm finally getting around to cleaning up the last few 2016 genre playlists and building out 2017. The plan was to wait to post them in a cannonball once they were all finalized but, since tangenttangent asked, here's an early shot off the forward bow for you:
ILM's 2017 Rolling Emo Thread Spotify Playlist
I'm going to try to update these quarterly and drop a note on thread to alert when I do.
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Friday, 7 April 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
the new album by the maine rules! not really emo but they were considered emo at one point? kinda third eye blind-y, which also blends into some 1975-y moments
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 April 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
I was just muttering "Maine Eye Blind" to myself...
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 7 April 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
I like the Rosenstock-produced Smith St Band album quite a bit
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 8 April 2017 06:11 (seven years ago) link
^^^^ this is good as hell
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 10 April 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I find the dude a bit wearying over 45 mins but individually the songs are really strong, the opener in particular is such a vintage emo jam
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
still not sure whether Hey Violet (who i love) slots in here, since i flit back and forth on which side of the indie poptimist/Paramore dynamic they really plant their feet in
― austinb, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
i feel like they've been posted in the rolling pop thread before but i'll allow it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
the smith st band record hit #3 on the aussie charts this week, officially making them the most emo nation on the planet
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 April 2017 01:45 (seven years ago) link
Juggling the needs and schedules of three bands sounds daunting, but to hear Chris Carrabba tell it, it's a necessary part of his creativity, with each band benefiting the others. After reaching success with Dashboard Confessional in the early 2000s, he rejoined the reactivated band Further Seems Forever in 2010, and debuted the Americana and folk-influenced Twin Forks in 2013. All three bands have new albums in various stages of completion -- new Dashboard and Twin Forks albums are "pretty close to done," while a new Further Seems Forever EP is "in gestation" -- and Carrabba has been performing live with multiple bands, sometimes within days of each other.
!!!
― Mordy, Friday, 5 May 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
wait, carrabba's doing another fsf release?!!!??!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 5 May 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
god help me dashboard tickets go on sale today and i'm thinking about going again
― Mordy, Friday, 12 May 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Hey guys. I generally stay away in fear from ILM, but I was looking for some recommendations. Not much of a deep punk taste, liked it in the '90s, didn't branch out much from NOFX/Green Day/Operation Ivy/Bad Religion. 2000s pop-punk came and I was generally turned off by a lot of the bands coming out. Like some were OK, but.. in any case I'm a dilettante on this genre, mostly... bear in mind.
Was listening to an album in my iTunes library that still kills for me some reason. I haven't really heard much that hit me in just the right way called Fifth Hour Hero. (I also don't know how well known this band is, only that I discovered them right before they broke up. Some cartoonist recommended them, I think.) In particular their last EP (You Have Hurt My Business and My Reputation Too) and last album (Not Revenge... Just a Vicious Crush) are just fantastic. something about them reaches into my heart, like they jumped from a decade earlier sidestepping a lot of the style from the mid-'00s. Some shades of Japanese rock/pop from that era too, though I'm not gonna try to explain why I'm feeling it. The lead vocalist has a good style, and even the guy who sings the odd track here and there isn't bad. Crisp production, drums, angsty emotionally lyrics totally sold by by a great voice. Yet, admittedly, not super original? But there's something there, I don't know. Anyway, if anyone knows this band and/or could point me in the direction of music like it, I'd really appreciate it.
If you're curious, look up "Everything I Won't Miss" and "My Sympathies".
(I did a little research and found that they had some connection to Against Me!, appearing as background vocalists on one album and being on the same label at some point, but... that band didn't really do it for me at all, like most pop-punk bands to be honest.)
― Nhex, Monday, 15 May 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
You might see if there's anything you respond to the same way here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6IovjBTXeMtrEqJjd8vrla
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 15 May 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
Thanks! Will definitely check that out
― Nhex, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
hey Nhex!
Have you listened to Knapsack?
― Spottie, Monday, 15 May 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
never heard of 'em! will give a try
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 01:40 (six years ago) link
just a reminder that there's a thread spotify list to explore too:https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/0nLJrzRAFkOIdWKDftGJLK
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
thanks! will check that out too
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
I saw rvivr tonight and they fuckin ruuuled
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
I'm still listening to the Sorority Noise record quite a bit. It's excellent.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
my favorite record so far is mostly emo adjacent, lovely little lonely by the maine. attn: spottie if you haven't heard it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
I feel like I should mention that Disperse record again on this thread after trying to pimp it on the metal thread...it's really something and might appeal to emo fans since there's some serious sonic crossover with the 1975. I don't really know how to explain them to people. "emo-adjacent" is definitely stretching it though lol. admittedly I haven' heard much straight-up emo this year that I've been into.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
New Rainer Maria single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV1tDnzv5ss
Not exactly what I expected, but for a comeback single it has a nice swagger and confidence. That can only bode well for the album.
― brontosaur, Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
the new stuff they've played live is all really good, i dig this song for sure
― adam, Friday, 2 June 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
not quite pop-punk but of interest to fun guitariers: the glory of Partnerhttps://soundcloud.com/youve-changed-records/partner-everybody-knows-1
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 4 June 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
thx Brad I'll check out the Maine record for sure.
― fo, fo, fo, fo (Spottie), Monday, 5 June 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
whoa the smidley record rules
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
also the new manchester orchestra record seems like it's gonna rule hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaeWss85_vg
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
y'all were right about the sorority noise record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
lmao at the way they rip off the cars on "car
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
I v much liked the last album but this one is a big step up. sits nicely with all the other recent crushing albums about death
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 June 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVemUOCAuds
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
i'm seeing sorority noise this next week!!
― Mordy, Saturday, 10 June 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
anyone know any of these sn openers? Forth Wanderers / The Obsessives / Shannen Moser
― Mordy, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:04 (six years ago) link
Forth Wanderers are good!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 12 June 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
I hadn't figured out that Smidley is the Foxing guy...I knew there was a twinge of recognition. Neat record!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
yeah it kinda sounds like the wackiest possible kevin devine record. it rocks
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
Incidentally I saw KD live a few weeks ago - I thought it was going to be a full band show, instead it was solo. I was a bit disappointed at first but he was great. I teared up in public like a good emo kid.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
Also he mentioned we can expect another Bad Books record at...some point
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
yesssss
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
OH and imo the new Chastity Belt record counts as emo and it's *great*
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
lol i found that record extremely dull but chastity belt are not for me
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
I can definitely understand that, they're (purposely) not very dynamic, but they key into an emotional register that really works for me
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/featured/best-emo-revival-albums-ranked/
list made me realize that even though i start this thread every year i don't like very many emo revival bands lol
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
mostly i think the best album on that list by a mile (hop along) is there under false pretenses
also that driver friendly's bury a dream is better than any album on there
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link