rolling emo/pop-punk/shimmering maj9 chords 2019

Yeah that's a good song that I only started and didn't finish because trying to cut down on emotional breakdowns at work.

this new free throw song kicks ass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyXT6dgEHuM

As brad has surely already noticed, there's a new Blood Command song. It's decent.

i didn't notice! the last album did not live up to my expectations

gonna have to make a thread for the laura stevenson record i think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp430TAx-uA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhhyrmF0C_s

this song is great and the whole idea is very cute and also surprise there's eva from charly bliss

Yeah they've been killing it with their videos and the song is strong too

the new Get Up Kids song is good!

https://youtu.be/n6zluCkD1mE

it really is! pryor's on a streak this year

also i love that there's going to be a song called "lou barlow" on the record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-2M6HO0Qg

owel continues to be incredible

Also there's a new Free Throw song out and it's delightful.

that Pitchfork feature today must have done its work cause I'm actually digging the hell out of the Wicca Phase Springs Eternal album

though the "rap" element is overstated, really it has more in common with the earlier Coma Cinema/Elvis Depressedly stuff imo

Yeah I’m not 100% sure what emo rap is supposed to be after listening to it but agree that it’s pretty great.

It's not very rappy. It's ok. A little slight to me.

there's a new Caracara song, from an EP out at month's end. How did I miss this?

https://caracaraphilly.bandcamp.com/

god bless Pup for playing national American teevee armed w/ a House of TARG shirt

https://youtu.be/Bv6_2J1A0rI

ha, that's awesome

new La Dispute is excellent on first listen, more concise and considered than the other stuff of theirs I've heard

gorgeous production/mixing, too

uh wow yeah this is p fucking incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIFzraL-XI

the la dispute is ASTOUNDING wow

argument-era fugazi vibes emanating from "rhodonite and grief"

spliced with, like, brother, sister-era mewithoutYou

Yeah, it's really good. I own Wildlife and it's solid, but this is clearly several leagues better.

I find the guy's vocal approach really interesting too, that mix of rhythmic recitation, singing, and several steps in between.

This Caracara song is real good.

I'm sort of in awe at how quickly/easily they came together and made Summer Megalith before they ever played a show

https://www.stereogum.com/2037054/caracara-better-stream-interview/franchises/interview/

god bless Pup for playing national American teevee armed w/ a House of TARG shirt

Wait, are there Houses of TARG outside Ottawa?

nope, there's just the one!

I was lucky enough to catch Mitski there when she was touring behind Bury Me at Makeout Creek.

that caracara ep is v good

their drummer sure does play

THE MAINE ALBUM IS SO GOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-t0K-S7FU

WOW

ok the phrase "uncomfortably numb" now has to make a third emo appearance this year, these are the rules

lmao i thought the same thing

whole album is like a long lost mid-'00s emo crossover record. i hear echoes of early panic!, infinity and folie era fall out boy, and black parade mcr all over this thing (plus their main influence for their past two records, third eye blind)

"one sunset" my goodness

laura stevenson made another album that hurt my feelings

ok it's from three years ago but i finally bought a copy of boys night out's black dogs ep and i think it's my favorite emo release of the past decade https://boysnightout.bandcamp.com/album/black-dogs

gonna check that Maine record this week.

It's a little slicker than I generally like but it's got some undeniable appeal.

it's extremely slick and i love everything about it

I will be hardpressed to remove free throw from my ears anytime soon but I do want to check out the Maine album.

new Pup is really strong, a solid step up, and even a little chopsy in places

ok my ears aren't totally nuts

I definitely get not wanting classical training, especially for a punk band.

Stefan: Yeah, I mean, Zack and Steve and Nestor all really understand music theory and they’re incredible musicians, and I’d say that understanding of music theory hasn’t hurt them creatively. But, for me, every time I’ve tried to label things with the guitar, like, “this is this chord and this is the theory behind why these chords work together” or whatever, it’s really just causing more agony than anything. I’m sure Zack’s had a different experience because he’s a classically fantastic musician, as well as a great punk musician.

Zack: I don’t know about that, but yeah it’s definitely helped because Stefan has a kind of unorthodox approach to writing songs — by that I mean writing melodically without paying super close to attention to how even the bars are or how rhythmically it fits together — so he somehow accidentally falls into these really interesting time signatures, and I guess just taking some lessons and being a nerd about music and having this so-called training has helped me a lot in adapting to that and not trying to squeeze the song into a 4/4 box, which I think we’ve accomplished really well. And at the same time, our guitar player Steve is trained, so to speak. He went to school for jazz guitar, but he sort of presents his own version of what punk is. To me — it’s a broader interpretation — but, in the grander sense, punk is sort of about going against what’s normal, whether that means you’re a great guitar player and you prefer to do something weird, or you’re expressing yourself against all odds and against a lack of training, I think those both can be punk.

That's such a nice excerpt to help explain their weird flavour of (dis)synchrony. Oh I love the new album so much! Through its darknesses it's still exhilaratingly fun. I'm seeing them on Wednesday - five days to learn all the lyrics!

yeah everything finally clicks just right. I liked the singles but some of the album tracks ("See You At Your Funeral") are even catchier and the lil curveballs ("Full Blown Meltdown" could pull a fake ID and sneak onto an ETID album) all work splendidly

pup album is good as hell

yes