Run Quick EMO ALBUMS; Here I’ll POLL, You VOTED

xp - I can only like an album that starts with a song called 'The Perfect Ending'.

Yes, my favorite Pedro the Lion album!

But I completely forgot to vote for Aereogramme...

'A Mind of Her Own' is so great:
https://youtu.be/DcC1seL1eZ8

First two tracks of ASIW are incredible

Two bands I didn't get around to checking out properly in time to vote...

I do not recall Aereogramme being emo or screamo, more post-rock/metal.
Did Imago nominate them by any chance?

haha xp

Just remembered I had a Chemikal Underground sampler with an Aerogramme song on and yeah post-rock sounds about right.

Not that there isn't a lot of overlap there.

Aereogramme were post/indie-rock stylistically but in a real sense were very, very fucking emo

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91. Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy
113 points, 4 votes

too low

TOO LOW

Im not complaining. I gave Blonde Rehead a vote and they aren't emo either. But I just think I can spot an lj nom at 10 miles now :)

Didnt vote for SA cos i thought it was a lock for top ten without me... whooops

I think this is the first one of these that I voted for, ha.

Wow did no expect Straylight Run to make it.

Existentialism On Prom NIght has the perfect emo chorus imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293h41Bd-Do
You would kill for this, just a little but, just a little bit, you would, you would...

I have no connection to Static Prevails by JEW. Always liked the other albums way more.

https://img.discogs.com/PDAZrhA5TspCHJ2mPHFPT097k5M=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1313836-1452633178-7197.png.jpg
90. Saetia - A Retrospective
114 points, 4 votes

I voted for this

no idea what this is

full alb here tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q801yAFdBPA

oh looks like it's mislabeled on Spotify as the album 'collected'?

I love Slip but cut it from my ballot for being post-hardcore rather than emo (arbitrary I know but had to draw the line somewhere).

― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, March 6, 2017 7:56 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same

...and then I went and voted for a bunch of post-hardcore anyway

would be interested to hear about people's thoughts about the differentiation between the two, where that line is drawn

saetia is some rad shit imo, voted for them

fun fact, my friend has a Saetia tattoo.

saetia fuckin rules

would be interested to hear about people's thoughts about the differentiation between the two, where that line is drawn

― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, March 6, 2017 10:40 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my entirely private distinction is that emo is generally more melodic, at least when the two terms actually diverge (they're one and the same circa embrace and rites of spring i think). but then: why do i think the boys life record is emo and not post-hardcore (actually i kinda think it's both)

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89. Angel Hair - Pregnant With the Senior Class
116 points, 4 votes

Another of mine

hmm never heard of this one

gettin' a lot of the hardcore noms out of the way

yeah I kinda figured that most of my votes would be boosting those records on the low end of the rankings

my entirely private distinction is that emo is generally more melodic, at least when the two terms actually diverge (they're one and the same circa embrace and rites of spring i think). but then: why do i think the boys life record is emo and not post-hardcore (actually i kinda think it's both)

"kinda both" sums up most of my final analysis on this stuff

mine too dan m. I know the pop stuff in the poll will dominate the top end

Angel Hair was super important to my formative musical experience/depression

best couple tracks on here?

would be interested to hear about people's thoughts about the differentiation between the two, where that line is drawn

Yeah it's really hard to pin down - for me the stuff on the post-hardcore side is more riffy, heavier, also less poppy in terms of songwriting (more angular?). Maybe a bit more rooted in the macho side of hardcore too. The screamo/Gravity Records type stuff really complicates things too! Anyway I'm sure people will disagree and would like to hear other takes too - I mean I ended up voting for Hoover and Drive Like Jehu but not Fugazi or Jawbox.

My #2!

Spottie, idk, maybe try "The Stool Is Cool" or "Space Ape". The "Stigmata Martyr" cover is probably the most accessible one and it really kicks tbh; sometimes I wonder if it's my favourite!

i'd agree with that assessment gavin, although i group hoover, drive like jehu, fugazi, and jawbox together and didn't vote for either of them (despite being no. 1 hoover fan 4ever)

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88. Embrace - Embrace
117 points, 5 votes

way too low. Another one of my votes.

I always liked "Witch Hunt Scene from Star Trek" as an insane freak out go to.

Bedroom scene from communion is a more mid tempo one that I like a lot.

woo first one i voted for, the best record mackaye's made

Oh yeah, that's a good one.xp

re: "Witch Hunt..."

i'm behind! fuckin saetia! another too low one.

here's a good saetia song from youtube, url'd it to avoid taking up too much vertical space

Tbh, the first time I ever heard the term "emo" was in reference to Fugazi and Hoover. I don't really consider the really macho or hardline/sXe hardcore stuff to be emo but I'm fine with calling any arty post-hardcore emo. In mid-90s Ottawa, I thought of Union of Uranus as 'metal' and Okara and Shotmaker as 'emo'. I even thought Buried Inside was kind of 'emo' at their first couple of shows if only for Nick's before-song speeches but they were def on the metal side.

* macho metalcore/moshcore

I'm fine with calling any arty post-hardcore emo.

As in, this is how I thought of it 20 years ago. Obv, I get that the meanings of terms change, especially dopey made-up terms like "emo".

Always wanted to do a tracks poll.

it’s sea anemone

okay let's do a tracks poll

i vow not to fite ivy until its completion

i’m ready for the emo tracks poll myself (not volunteering to run it, saving myself for the kylie minogue poll i’ll never do)

i have never run a poll and i'm not really in the emo wheelhouse at all but i suppose i could give it a shot

unless someone can drag mordy out of retirement?

Today I heard something about a Saetia reunion.

yeah that is or has been happening

I don't like to rush these things so today was the first time I listened to A Future Lived in the Past Tense. I was in a local park and it was one of those situations were you have to keep checking people can't hear the record and everything becomes incorporated into the listening experience - each kid howl, each dog bark, each percussive slap of a passing lorry. Goddamn but I'm so glad I can still have experiences like this.

Also noticed who'd uploaded the album to YouTube. That's either a hell of a coincidence or...

and there's a secret code

oh yeah i sure did upload the album to youtube

i’m at the best friends forever fest in vegas and having the time of my life

A friend was just texting me from that fest and...wow! So many bands I had no idea were still around!

still want someone to run an emo singles poll (i lack the knowledge to do so)

Went down a bit of an emo rabbit hole over the last week (see xpost) and I have no idea how I missed this track back in the day, especially since I definitely owned at least two Promise Ring CDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DivYKRRBGE

I’d be happy to run a tracks poll. Is there still a ilx poll calendar? Would someone be up for making graphics if I do so?

i could maybe help after the new year