rolling emo/pop-punk/permanent anxiety 2020

Arriving in September now, apparently. ;_;

acc to their site it's still this coming Friday? another delay would be silly

new Touche Amore! ross robinson produces! andy hull of manchester orchestra guests!!

https://youtu.be/MnQTsq1womA

aaaand the Creeper album, which kicked off the thread back in January, is FINALLY out today. stoked to dig into it (what's left of it that's new, that is)

this is pretty much all mid-tempo which is a bit of a bummer on contact, but I bet it will blossom nicely over the next while. "black moon" is a wonderful deep cut

hadn't realized there's also a new Fall of Troy on the way - the concept is a little strange, though

https://bsmrocks.com/collections/home-page/products/the-fall-of-troy-mukiltearth-lp

I had paid zero attention to Creeper until this new album, obviously need to go back to the last one too. But this is reeeeaaaaally scratching that MCR gothy glam-punk itch. So many hooks, and I love that it's a little cheeky but also totally unironic in all its doomy romanticism.

I think I prefer the sugar rush of the debut but I do like the new one a lot

I had paid zero attention to Creeper until this new album, obviously need to go back to the last one too. But this is reeeeaaaaally scratching that MCR gothy glam-punk itch. So many hooks, and I love that it's a little cheeky but also totally unironic in all its doomy romanticism.

same here - loving this record and will check out the earlier one too. it's less emo/pop punk and way more glam than I expected? singer sounds a bit like Patrick Wolf in his lower range, similar levels of goth theatricality too.

new black foxxes tune is immense! s/t album out end of October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0X1PDjm8R4

I missed that the 8.5-minute "Badlands" was released earlier and it's...a lot

Waveless returns


https://open.spotify.com/track/0s3qpxAuwj5K00HnG1Hh4e?si=ZdKayTYDTUesUJhjRhOwLA

did we mention/notice there's an excellent new Into It Over It song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHodiD5sXzM

uh so this Young Jesus album

lost interest in the into it over it album after reading the press release

now that i'm back i would like to say the creeper album is perfect

ah I see what you mean re: IIOI

I need to give Creeper more front to back listens but I love that they exist

i really love the way it splices britpop and pop-punk, it's like gerard way's career in reverse

much like others were with the Beths album I was initially a bit taken aback at the mellowness but I'm learning to embrace it in both cases

but seriously, young jesus. there's even a Blue Nile ref on their bandcamp, what more could you want from yr saddle creek jazz-prog emo?

i don't get mellowness at all from the creeper, it's maximal at every turn. it's less of a sugar rush than the last one tho

"thorns of love" reminds me of the more ambitious hair metal adjacent stuff that maura plays me whenever we're drunk and hanging out

Thanks for the heads up about Young Jesus. Loving this so far. "Lark" is amazing.

it's really really good and one of the few times I've been legitimately compelled to evoke j*ff b*ckl*y when describing their sound

hoo boy i gotta hear this record

brad I am like 99% sure you will love this

on third listen and hearing a fair bit of sea and cake (esp "Lark")

was wavering between annoyance and enjoyment but track 3 is a clear step up, will continue for the whole thing

pretty good? let's rescreen. not sure i got a full handle on it

yeah Sea and Cake, Tortoise (at times) and The Antlers come to mind when listening to this. some of the guitars remind me of Kinsella-y midwest emo stuff and something like Real Estate

listened again this morning sober on my commute, a totally distinct experience (lol) but still v cool. I'm fond of the slightly more aggressive previous album as well

young jesus > regular jesus

I've given myself a forced break from the young jesus album to make sure I don't wear it out, but I look forward to returning

never knew i needed an emo-adjacent bark psychosis in my life, but what do you know

ahaha if you listen enough some truly wild comparison points start to fly out of it

"meditations" is a really unexpected continuation of the hoover/june of 44/abilene axis of emo

*listens to "lark"* do you think these dudes dig phish

I was semi conflicted about this album at first cause some of it really does seem jam band adjacent, though rarely for that long

what are everyone's opinions of Spanish Love Songs 'round here?

i appreciate the power and the enthusiasm, and i'm not gonna lie, i will take a guy screaming "keep yr head up if you're not ok" at me right now, but

i also just can't shake the feeling that they're like a fuzzy Xerox of a Xerox of The Menzingers

should i let it go and just enjoy the tunes?

I know what you mean - they're a bit basic musically, but they write very impactful and catchy songs, and the lyrics are often great. You could reasonably say they took some shortcuts but I still like them a lot.

dude sings with an intensity you don't see too often. lyrics are great. very dark places occasionally, but relatable. I do think the new album is a step better than their earlier stuff

they're definitely a more advanced/effective upgrade on the recent Wonder Years / Menzingers template of socially anxious meat and potatoes emo

lmao "socially anxious meat and potatoes emo"

perfect

i don't really like any of the bands that fit this mold (forever disappointed that not all pop-punk records are awkward breeds by the sidekicks) so i haven't heard spanish love songs yet but i'm gonna give them a shot!

I think if they shook up their song structures and got the rhythm section to swing a bit they could really be something special

in general emo/pop-punk's shift to whining about social issues instead of whining about girls is A Good Thing even if I'm not always wild about the records

that's otm

can't remember the last time i heard a record about girl problems, feel like it's been all mental illness since 2014

yeah, I guess that's down to some combo of 1) everyone getting sick of scene sex pests (not that they've been totally stomped out yet of course) 2) societal decline and 3) the influence of certain acts in the late aughts / early 10s

I'm assuming someone has already written about this somewhere though

yo simon

hurts to know we're on our own
sad to know we're in control pic.twitter.com/9hkRyDHr3h

— Fireworks (@WeAreFireworks) August 28, 2020

yo simon

hurts to know we're on our own
sad to know we're in control pic.twitter.com/9hkRyDHr3h

— Fireworks (@WeAreFireworks) August 28, 2020

yo simon

hurts to know we're on our own
sad to know we're in control pic.twitter.com/9hkRyDHr3h

— Fireworks (@WeAreFireworks) August 28, 2020