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

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

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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".

and nobody is more macho than sund4r

liking Witch Hunt and Space Ape thanks.

Crazy that this stuff is gonna be in the same rollout as Fall Out Boy, but here we are. Plenty to discover so far.

Crazy that this stuff is gonna be in the same rollout as Fall Out Boy,

They were both in my top 10.

nice

Oh, Saetia is right up my alley. Somehow I missed hearing them.

I was talking about them the other day sund4r

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87. Rival Schools - United by Fate
117 points, 7 votes

awesome. late discovery and addition to my ballot.

killer album, right at the center of so many styles

this was lower down on my ballot

Literally the 50th album I added to my ballot, about half an hour before I sent it in. Good find, Spottie!

I remember a friend at school being really into this when it came out. I didn't get round to listening to it though.

Rival Schools is a post quicksand Walter band right?

yes

Rival Schools were great. For some silly reason I forgot to vote for it. I used to play that record to pieces in 2001. I did vote for Quicksand though (and Jawbox).

I wanted to like Rival Schools way more than I actually did. Same goes for most of walter's bands. I love Quicksand to death tho