rolling emo/pop-punk/dogs on skateboards 2017

They opened for Beach Slang a couple of years ago. I liked their 2015 album Imaginary Life quite a bit. "Plans" is great. If this is an indication of where they're going with their sound, I'm in.

worriers rule

so Creeper's Eternity, In Your Arms is basically the UK response to The Black Parade huh

oh shit i finally got around to listening to that creeper record and imo this is the record that comes closest to collapsing the pop-punk/glam metal dichotomy, it's so ambitious and embarrassing. i LOVE it

hahaha I was hoping you'd be into it!

their economy is really impressive!

oh thank god i'm not the only person who likes that album i'm not totally crazy

ilx album of the year, i'm calling it

lol

I'm listening to this again and at least 20 bands have sprung to mind over the first 5 tracks, it's really something

sorta wish the record had mcr-quality sharpness in its production, it's real foggy sounding, but that's my only complaint so far

has anyone heard this record from 2011? would've been a good fit in our emo poll tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFchFdk0yck

this is nice, how did you find it?

someone posted it in the manchester orchestra thread on chorus.fm

the opening track on the Turtlenecked record really reminds me of Say Anything

absolutely loving the Katie Ellen record (also x-posted to the twee thread)

Playlist updated for the half year mark; this is an active thread!

ILM's Rolling Emo Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist

saw Turtlenecked the other night...they're like Weezer meets Of Montreal or something? or is that insane?

they were good. singing drummer!

great Rosenstock set at Pitchfork, featuring a few amusing surprises I will not spoil and all of the Worry medley except for "Blast Damage Days"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6JyBAAbp1I

This is maybe my favorite thing in this mode from this year!

The Gospel Youth

https://open.spotify.com/album/2BQCZnBbZxRA1bbYxUBEvi

i've been enjoying the new s/t album from The Life and Times:

https://thelifeandtimes.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-and-times

that's Allen Epley from Shiner plus a couple other dudes. shimmering guitar-rock that's shoegazey at times. think it sorta fits in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r0NQxpStlA

with julie doiron on vox, cancer bats backing

woah, that rules!

I feel like the emo thread's been a bit sleepy this year. more emo!

i need to listen to more :/

when I get up tomorrow I'll cobble together a halftime+ list

not as many bangers as the past couple years.

emo/pop-punk/dogs on skateboards/etc albums I have been enjoying this year to varying degrees, using a loose genre definition as always:

Sorority noise
Mystery Weekend
Hater
Creeper
Katie Ellen
Ratboys
Smidley
Charly Bliss
Rozwell Kid
Cayetana
Turtlenecked
Single Mothers

i haven't been keeping up as much

are you shitting me that julie doiron is in a punk band

yeah I have never cared about Cancer Bats but I am excited for this development

can Kathleen Edwards come back and front NOFX?

thanks simon, have only heard one of those (sorority noise).

oh shit I forgot Smith St Band but I assume y'all have already heard that

that said, so far none of these are EOY list contenders save for Sorority Noise and maybe Katie Ellen

of your list i'd say creeper and charly bliss

"hiding with boys" has changed my life

hahaha I KNEW that would be yr fave. great song. the whole album really levels up starting there

I almost think we should have a dedicated thread for them cause I'm about to dig into their three EPs, two of which apparently extend the "story" (lol) of this album

Manchester orchestra is out on Spotify now

creeper album cover has me intrigued

spottie check out the creeper record! i think you'll find stuff to like about it

the manchester orchestra record is officially my album of the year until further notice bc i started crying within twenty seconds of the first song

^^^ welcome to the rolling emo thread

i made an album thread for cope a few years ago that got no traction whatsoever but i feel like doing it again for a black mile to the surface

yeah Spottie the Creeper album rules. as it turns out the EPs are also great and kinda make up a sweet album of their own

that manch orch album opener is really great. listened to the whole thing a couple times today. really nice album, seems a little more reserved than past work? Guess i didnt really dive into Cope much but Mean Everything to Nothing def had a little more bombast

The Maze will be a show stopper live ,for sure. When those background singers come in...

having discovered Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball and this within a couple days of each other all i can do is fight internally about which album opener is better.

About halfway through this Creeper record and getting really heavy Sing the Sorrow era AFI vibes. Loving it.

Misery is like the most emo song ever"

Pretty, but he don't tell you about it
Winter scarves and skirts of velvet
Still drink just like we did in school
I passed your old house down by the cemetery
Club nights and university
When your friends sing 'Born to Run', baby, resist
Cause we were 'Born to Drift'

If you could see the wreck I am these days
You'd have new reasons to stay away
Just hold my hand for a little while
Misery never goes out of style

yeah I keep noticing clever little lines in there

ok brad otm about manchester also started tearing up 20 seconds in i have no idea why but damn

Misery is like the most emo song ever

I may or may not have listened to it a dozen times during my commutes about town today

Manchester is on Comedy Bang Bang latest ep