rolling emo/pop-punk/shimmering maj9 chords 2019

fuck i'm really into this radar state record

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:49 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like, *really* into it

Yeah, first listen I liked it a lot, second listen I thought it was too "rock" but then third listen it was better again. Hooks and riffs are all super fun.

new song from the maine tonight, excited to see how they build on lovely little lonely which was a big surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT7epF0DfeM

damn this is different but great?

Listening to ILX Listen: 2019

i keep coming back to the new copeland tracks, i kinda feel like that record's gonna be super special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COuhLiQtLN0

lotta emo bands threatened to be the emo radiohead back in the day and i think copeland are actually doing it

copeland record is gonna be amazing i know it already.

damn, unexpected but when that beat kicks in on on your worst day >>>

anybody listen to the pedro album yet?

not yet but i've heard very good things from one of my friends/a fellow ilxor, who called it bazan's best since curse your branches

promising. im gonna go in on the npr stream today

ok yeah confirmed, the pedro album is pretty awesome, i love "powerful taboo"

and it ends incredibly strongly, last three tracks seem like the best

not really on topic but sort of on topic, but rip mary oliver, it seems beside the point to associate a song inspired by her work with her but i do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLDz4nCeAM

can confirm the pedro album sounds good. def gains steam (as much steam as a pedro album can gain) as it goes. i really liked circle k and quietest friend on first pass, and the final track for sure. i do wish his vox were recessed just a tad more in the mix. i have the same complaint with most of his solo stuff as well. im definitely going to spend more time with it when its released tomorrow.

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

holy shit

scanned the tracklist of the Copeland album and "As Above, So Alone" is an A+ emo song title

i am a huge fan of copeland in slow jam mode, wow

yesss

I'm enjoying the new Forests album. It's a little midwest, mathy sound and most of the songs end stronger than they begin.

Beyond excited for the new PUP album - The Dream is Over is one of my absolute favourite pop punk releases of the decade.

this Forests record is cool, thx tt!!

they sound like a scrappier Tiny Moving Parts

who, speaking of which, have a new double a-side out this week

They do! The TMP single is lovely as well. And Radar State is sounding wonderful!

well now that i’m really excited for the new copeland record, eat, sleep, repeat and you are my sunshine have finally clicked with me, especially the latter

the American Football song w/ Hayley Williams is out and it's lovely

also, Foxing are touring w/ Now, Now opening and I might have to shell out for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZUVZ2F_Dc

also also, the second single from the Astronoid record has me convinced they belong in the #emodiscourse

^^ absolutely they do, probably moreso than metal

(my most anticipated album of 2019)

are Brutus too punk/metal for this thread? maybe? idc this shreds

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

ok so i really regret sleeping on oso oso? i'm working on a t*p s*cr*t emo pr*ject and just heard "reindeer games" and it's the best weezer song i've heard in decades. and i liked the white album

i now love every copeland album

copeland ranked:

ixora
you are my sunshine
in motion
eat sleep repeat
beneath medicine tree

it does not seem like such a daunting discography but each record is such a stylistic leap that you tend to dwell on 1-2 at a time

new martha!

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

still at work so haven't been able to listen yet but martha are thread deserving imo

they certainly are

martha rule and this song rules

a thread for martha - indiepop punk from pity me, durham

ok the video for the Pup single is worthy of mention

https://youtu.be/3iVrOOCYD80

copeland ranked:

ixora
you are my sunshine
in motion
eat sleep repeat
beneath medicine tree

it does not seem like such a daunting discography but each record is such a stylistic leap that you tend to dwell on 1-2 at a time

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, January 28, 2019 11:33 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

current rankings for me:

— in moton (perfect alb)
— beneath medicine tree (feels a little more of its time than the others but it's all wrapped in a sweet concept which still resonates with me)
— eat sleep repeat (beginning to stretch out a little on this one, I saw them in san antonio during this tour) title track is a top 5 copeland track for me)
— you are my sunshine (was losing touch with this type of music a bit around this time, not as deeply engrained in me but it it is great)
— ixora (admittedly need to spend more time with this, and ixora twin)

not a bad or even ok album in the discography. they havent missed yet.

in motion is def perfect

it's really tied with sunshine in that ranking

not sure what it is about ixora but it's a perfect union of consistent mood and aaron marsh's songwriting expanding to previously unmet horizons. "erase" is some kind of perfect song

if i had to guess blushing seems like it's gonna be the indoor record to ixora's outdoors

i also really love esr and bmt they're all good

lol that PUP video has so much going on, it's crazy. I admire a band that can totally eclipse their own song by overloading you with visual content!

New Martha is sounding very charming.

a friend of a friend of mine directed it so I heard the basic synopsis in advance but it was much more elaborate than I imagined

I think it’s a great video, just yeah, so elaborate! Will need a few rewatches to absorb the details.

Oh, not exactly the right thread, but I saw Swearin’ last night and they have such a lovely energy together and the whole gig felt very warm. They didn’t play Oil and Water though, which was regretful.

Swearin' fits just fine here, I think

^^^ especially since whenever irrational posts i get "irrational" stuck in my head

yeah this is good stuff

new Ratboys good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqDNufv66Wg

i agree i love that song

i did it: great grandpa - four of arrows

Anyone at Dashboard tonight? O-O

in spirit<3

what did u think about the now is then is now releases? i only listened through once but wasn't super blown away...

No, me neither. I think he was quite self aware about how little people seemed to respond to them. It just seemed a very personal mission. The venue tonight is a Catholic Church, which is cool! Aaw Mordy if me and LJ ever come to the US we’ll try to time it with a Dashboard gig.

is it a small venue bc he doesn't have such a big following in uk or a big church? when he plays philly/jersey/ny area he always sells out moderate sized venues (sold out two nights in philly during this most recent tour)

i think this is being positioned as emo rap but it sounds like it could be an early 1975 song to me

https://soundcloud.com/postcarcrashscene/is-the-taste-of-him-a-sour-reminder-of-everything-that-went-wrong

or more precisely, what an early 1975 song would've sounded like if lil peep existed before the 1975 did

xp He was doing three nights there and they sold out in minutes! Last time he was over he sold out a large venue.

And speaking of the 1975, apparently Matt Healy joined him on stage the previous night!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu-12_o5zZk

new creeper!!!

ahhhh yay! this is great

honestly if this was MCR's comeback single I wouldn't be mad lol

I recently discovered Little Big League and am loving it... totally slept on that, and Japanese Breakfast hasn't hooked me (yet). Any opinions? I know it isn't a 2019 band.

y'all

the origami angel record is this thread's album of the year https://origamiangel.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-city

holy crow this is fun! "The Title Track"!!

each successive track on this thing = the vince mcmahon reaction meme

i like that OA record, but as long as we're nominating Emo Thread AOTY, i'll nom Oso Oso :) it's damn near perfect

Yeah, this is good. Is "Midwest Emo" really a genre? That's how RYM labels this, though apparently the band is from DC?

yeah it's a common enough term. the origin of it is that the 90s jangly/mathy second-wave emo scene was most prominent in the us midwest.

after a few more listens i kinda think somewhere city is a modern classic

I've listened a bunch - it's grown off me a tiny bit just because the vocals and lyrics seem a little undistinguished but they're clearly a hell of a band, I love the video game music influence

Once again something I'd call "emo-adjacent", but on first listen Holy Fawn's Death Spells is kinda scratching my Juno itch, distended and surprisingly aggressive songs with a dense thicket of tones. Not sure yet if the songs are all there but the sound is great. (I guess it was technically issued last year but only made its streaming debut in 2019)

I went from thinking the new Creeper song was a decent teaser to being pretty sure it's one of their very best songs. Them, Foxing and Fireworks are my most anticipated for the '20 edition of this thread

Came here to see if anyone was talking about this insane Origami Angel album - ILX never disappoints. They have a Get Up Kids-y energy to them at times. I'm only halfway through my first listen and I am already so excited.

Also Simon otm about Creeper.

origami angel is some top tier motivationcore

It’s quickly climbing my favorites of the year list.

Not sure if beach Slang fits the thread but man I got a review copy of the new record and it ain't good.

i think i have always posted about them in the rolling emo threads anyway. am unsurprised the album sucks

I quite liked their first eps and that first record. they've got rid of the hopeful, earnestness that I liked about them and doubled down on rock cliche.

I like the Future Teens record, h/t Singles Jukebox

god bless Drug Church for slotting in a small Toronto headlining show in the middle of their tour w Thrice

man, i don't "get" the Glass Beach record/love.

i've been listening to their album for what feels like 45 minutes and i'm on track 3

and i've tried it 3 or 4 times now ... i guess it's not for me, but is for everyone else

they have a thread btw

gonna start the 2020 emo thread shortly

I was about to pester you!

I'm a little late on this one, but if you love The Maine or fellow southwesterners Anarbor (their tracks "Freaking Out!" and "Every High Has a Come Down" especially), check out "Twilight (My Heaven) from Philly band Grayscale. This rowdy, driving tune is loaded with those little elements that you'll find in most great songs, like a glorious pre-chorus, a bass-drum fill (!) midway through the chorus amidst the huge harmonies, and a few moments of silence amidst it all; and it just sounds fantastic blasting on your car stereo with the windows down. ("Baby Blue", another standout track of theirs from '19 album Nella Vita, is in the spirit of The 1975's "She's American")

https://open.spotify.com/track/3EkFeBY9RmLIKxkJdXpGvi?si=kFYuAL-ySGmxEJbRy1KI_Q