rolling emo/pop-punk/permanent anxiety 2020

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

omg I went back through their socials riiiiiight before that

lmao love to triple post by accident

please let "demitasse" single a 75-minute opus of some kind

what I'm noticing about the young jesus album this time: man this is really nicely recorded esp the drums

this performance cracked me up

https://youtu.be/aRs_TdFLVgU

also idk if this is the place to discuss Bartees Strange but I'm digging the singles a lot, album's out Friday

i think he deserves his own thread tbh.

for sure

I was thinking of making one on Friday.

also did Fireworks release that clip and then...go right back to complete radio silence? rude!