rolling emo/pop-punk/shimmering maj9 chords 2019

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