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I've kinda tuned out when it comes to the emo revival, but considering I still enjoy some of the classics, I'm thinking I should give some new shit a listen.
What do you suggest? Does anything capture the magic of Algernon Cadwallader? Snowing? Early Look Mexico? That's the soundtrack of my highschool years, or something like that. I'm forgetting a lot of bands. And Braid. Remembered how good Braid is the other day.
Snowing has to be the most overrated band of all emo
>>61439895
thats not american football
close though
>>61439904
Well if I had said American Football I'd have been lying, anon. My mother taught me to never lie.
/mu/ is known for it's lack of knowledge when it comes to emo. Snowing is hugely celebrated on this board despite their only half decent release being an EP. An EP which had two decent songs at most.
American Football is universally recognised as one of the greatest emo albums there ever will be, and quite frankly it is. Undisputedly. No band has ever come close to equalling the scope of their sound, their tone and range of emotion and their re-playability. The album only gets better with time and as more revival bands start cropping up, it's no wonder why. That single record they made in '97 just cannot be matched.
The only records that come close, come from the same family of musicians. Maybe you are just tired of hearing about it all the time, which is fine, but something are impossible to be overrated.
>>61439904
I agree
>>61440038
I mean, keep in mind (and I'm just guessing) that most of the board members who listen to emo were like 5 years old when American Football, Promise Ring, and shit like that was coming out. Sure, that and Cap'n Jazz are classics. But I'm 25 and Snowing came up in my high school years, so contextually it's more 'classic' for a lot of my generation.
Don't get me wrong tho American Football is an amazing record, but I also really don't think it's that perfect either. Idk.
>>61440038
>No band has ever come close to equalling the scope of their sound, their tone and range of emotion and their re-playability.
>The only records that come close, come from the same family of musicians
you cant seriously have this opinion
snowing is at least fun to listen to
american football is just derivative mediocrity
>>61440173
>fun to listen to
So, only up-tempo and gang vocals are "fun"?. That's a crazy way of thinking. I've been with tons of people that go wild when Never Meant comes on. The vocal hooks and guitar parts really get people going, and with the nostalgia attached to them, they could play the most depressing song ever and people would still be going wild.
Of all the emo I've heard, and I make some effort to listen to a lot, Snowing was the most disappointing. I guess it's like with all things acclaimed on /mu/, you've always heard something ten times better than whats applauded here
>>61440254
dude youre saying mu doesnt know anything about emo yet you drop
>No band has ever come close to equalling the scope of their sound, their tone and range of emotion and their re-playability.
that
>So, only up-tempo and gang vocals are "fun"?
no
i really cant picture what kind of person goes wild when never meant comes on
not really sure i want to
that last sentence applies just as well to american football as it does to snowing
>>61440465
>i really cant picture what kind of person goes wild when never meant comes on
Then you've never been part of a scene, or toured in a small bus for a month straight and only had the same few playlists burned on CD's. American Football is such a connective band, anyone that holds the genre dear to them will be natural fans. It's also the most Honest record I've ever heard in the genre.
It is the essential album of the genre, no doubt about it. Even all the amazing midwestern stuff before it is STILL not as good. Mostly because the mid-western stuff really was just pop-punk
>>61440465
Agreed again. Except sure, plenty of people including myself would go wild when Never Meant comes on.
>>61440254
Notice how you mention "Never Meant"....exactly....one song better than the rest. I still love their album, but AF clearly has a fanbase made up of many who only know that song.
And Snowing is def more than just gang vocals. I hate gang vocals but I get something out of Snowing still.
>american football
>"emo"
this recent "snowing is bad" meme is great when combined with "american football is the greatest emo album"
I don't listen to much emo but I like Foxing a lot. The Albatross is their emo-sounding album; Dealer doesn't have much of the emo sound at all but is still very good imo
i really enjoy this record
desu it's hard for me to find good "emo"
easy to come across shitty pop punk
and snowing is sooo boring
sonically bad, no redeeming qualities besides the decent lyrics
>>61440721
>I think differently so it must be a meme
I'm sorry you have bad taste
>>61440831
>when combined with "american football is the greatest emo album"
>>61440735
I'll check them out, I've seen that name a lot. Thanks.
>>61440769
I've stayed away because god I hate that fucking band name. But that is a very emo album cover, I love it. I always think it's SDRE when I see it.
Also what is it about the emo aesthetic that created quirky names like "empire! empire!". I'm trying to think of more examples, and I can't come up with any, but i know there are plenty. At least with song titles and lyrics.
>>61440796
It's just that I hear there's an "emo revival" but desu senpai, every time I check one of these bands out, THEY SUCK! It's like these music writers and emo fans stuck in the past won't let it go.
>>61440796
where are you looking
>>61440769
i used to like it a lot now it seems pretty boring
what happened ;_;
>>61440552
i disagree with everything you said
>>61440917
>Also what is it about the emo aesthetic that created quirky names like "empire! empire!"
hipsters and irony
>>61439761
fresh off the ranch, kinda
https://mildura.bandcamp.com/album/if-not-okay https://picturesofvernon.bandcamp.com/album/the-days-are-just-packed https://krksband.bandcamp.com/album/krks-harbor
people who can't find good emo just aren't trying very hard
seriously, see whats in your local scene and find some rym lists/charts
>>61440940
>hipsters and irony
you're right, i guess i just forgot that there are hipsters in the scene. i usually equate hipster with....well not with emo. of course emo was a different beast years ago. but now i feel like listening to emo is in no way hip, but i guess each scene is its own world with its own hierarchy.
actually let me just say - the worst, most meme-worthy friends i have are people who are still in the emo and 'punk' scene. their whole existence is irony. how empty. very clearly starved for attention. sad. i guess these sorts of band names make sense to me now.
Also isn't TWIABP supposed to be really good? I'm gonna check that out now. I listened to their first album or ep or whatever but I don't remember it.
This Empire! band seems pretty good, but eh I'd rather just listen to something I already know for that nustalgiah.
Also idk if Tigers Jaw counts as emo but I truly think their s/t album is god-tier
>>61441180
emo was a hipster as fuck genre
>>61441180
at least in the city i live in, the emo and hipster scene overlap with no divide. lots of house shows will have hipster acoustic / indie acts, emo, and even hardcore punk side by side
twiabp is alright but there are much better bands even for the postrock combo
listen to the newfound interest in connecticut for example
>>61441206
For sure for sure, but is it still now? I feel like taking emo seriously now is almost like taking pop-punk seriously a.k.a. not hip at all
>>61441247
hipsterism is all about not taking anything seriously
and thus emo goes well along
>>61441225
Same as my city, sorta. At least when I was younger. Too much crap though. Too much christian hardcore where I live. It's sincerely the worst thing.
>>61441247
kinda yeah
emo bands generally play with indie acoustic bands
and even more now since american football's reemergence / TWIABP breaking out of emo
emo is dead who cares
just listen to old long gone bands and pretend nothing new comes out
>>61441334
lol
not true
emo has a lot more influences to work with now, between all the mid-2000s math and 3rd wave post-rock and so forth
but yeah the 90s did "emo" better than anyone is today
>>61441273
so that's why these people aggravate me so much. makes sense. i enjoy a fair amount of irony and not giving a fuck, but i am pretty sincere about my tastes
>>61441311
yeah idk, you're right. but either i'm an ultra-hipster or just a condescending asshole. bc while i would've been a part of that scene in the past, now i kind of look down on it as elementary. just my personal taste i guess. i'm enjoying listening to these old favorites right now, no shame. but overall these days I pretty much hate any band that would play at The Fest
>>61441502
well there isn't really a big difference
hipsters don't give a fuck about anything and don't think anything is legitimately worthwhile so they just like what they like and what they happen to think is good
it's the same as not giving a fuck what others think and liking what you like, unless you're convinced you like things for objective reasons
>>61441489
>but yeah the 90s did "emo" better than anyone is today
then why do you listen to these awful bands
youre right its not dead yet
how do we kill it
>>61441502
>now i kind of look down on it as elementary
with good reason
>>61441560
>how do we kill it
give money to nouns
>>61441589
nouns save us
>>61441560
there are good bands doing interesting things today, which i am glad exist
even if they don't do the "emo" core of emo as well as the OG bands did doesn't mean what they're doing isn't worthwhile in its own right
>>61441599
>there are good bands doing interesting things today, which i am glad exist
like nouns?
>>61441589
>>61441598
nouns is the only thing that makes me think maybe emo does need to die
post the best emo album of all time
>>61441622
nouns is trying so hard to be one of those bands
and it fails spectacularly
>>61441641
>>61441622
>>61441598
>>61441589
obviously they are in this thread
i thought emoe killed them but i guess not
>>61441643
sounds like someones upset that theyre not as talented as nouns
>>61441623
theyre literally exactly what you were describing as the reason you listen to new emo
>>61441643
theyre honestly one of the better than the majority of the these shitty memo bands
>>61441641
good album
>>61441672
haha good post
>>61441677
i really dont understand his autistic vendetta against them
i mean he even praises other viralled bands
weird
praise be unto nouns
>>61441697
it's a sincere vendetta, not even just because of their viralling
they're just really terrible
they TRY to be something new and end up just being a new variety of trash
here are some new emo releases that i enjoy
marietta - as it were
the hotelier - home, like noplace is there
chinese football - s/t
marietta - summer death
>>61441749
theyre better than say...
>>61441757
these
at least
>>61441757
>i listen to viralcore and you should to
ftfy
>>61441757
these are all good except the new marietta
y'd they have to stop making summer death twinklejams ;~;
>>61441787
summer death was infinitely better but as it were is still enjoyable imo
>>61441805
maybe i'm just salty about how it's not summer death 2
>>61441836
>summer death 2
why would you ever want this
>>61441850
i just mean "something of the calibre and style of summer death" not an actual sequel you dummy
>>61441873
>something of the calibre and style of summer death
why would you ever want this
>>61441907
>>61441938
>>61441974
check out my cat in demon mode
>>61442038
v spookly
>>61441225
who does the post rock / emo thing better than them in your opinion? I'm curious and love that kind of sound
>>61441641
i like dogs much better (than the rest of the songs on that album)
i wish i liked it more
>>61442195
city of caterpillar
>>61442195
newfound interest in connecticut, as i mentioned
bag of bones - deep thought
crash of rhinos (though they can get pretty punky)
piles and piles (nice math too)
STRANGE MANGERS - A RARE TIME
deer leap - here, home
temporada de tormentas - la primera exploracion
hospital sports is like emo mixed with slowcore, with post rock influence
>>61442221
true, and plenty of other bands if you are down for screamo
>>61442221
this
>>61442373
yo have u listened to molasses
>>61442406
thanks for backin me up
>>61442425
which one? and no
>>61442456
canuck one
theyre like pretty good youll like them
post rocky folk stuff
>>61442526
thanks dude i'll look em up now
>>61439761
New Modern Baseball album this year.
Fingers crossed Jesse Lacey doesn't disappoint.
>>61443100
>Modern Baseball
two knights
>>61443275
fuck off virallers
>>61443275
>>61443297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KUjSiNwixs
>>61443330
a modern classic
>>61443330
make more pls
>>61443425
see
>>61443297
i mean at least say something about your band
>>61443354
someone disliked it ;_;
>>61443371
i have a song in mind but i dont know how to make the video
desu thought about streaming myself make it
>>61443733
idk anything about making but i think this song would be good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDdCA1oTU5o
probly too long actually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTTSpzc3aA
also another one thats to olong
im bad at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__9Zb0PtRnw
maybe
i dont know
i feel like the reason we don't like most new emo acts is because they are mixing lofi/bedroom pop in with twinkly emo shit and it doesn't work.
here is a list of new bands that are staying true
(kinda) to the twinkly algernon/snowing form:
>camping in alaska (new album tries to be really grungy)
>FTTP (more skramz than emo but still)
>Dirk Frazel (shittier snowing)
>Jank
>Drunk Cactus (Only their upcoming album. It is fucking lit desu senpai)
>Old Gray (Skramz)
>Secret stuff
>Free Throw
>Foxtails
>secret stuff
>Iwrtslfy
>King Medicne
>>61444136
>Old Gray (Skramz)
>>61444136
>dirk frazel
they put their little ep up for free but i liked it so i paid 5$
>>61443852
id want to do the lonely waltz of leonard cohen, maybe that could be a group one because i lack the creativity to do it on my own since thats long
desu i currently have usurp synapse in mind
>>61443330
amazing
>>61444225
usurp would be good but the lonely waltz was just made for something like this
id try to help do a group thing
>>61441641
pls no
>>61440038
>Mineral
>SDRE
Mineral is the greatest emo band of all time. Diary is the greatest emo album imo. Hell, even Clarity by JEW destroys AF
>>61445125
what does a facebook post have to do with whether or not an album is good? if you cant separate art from the artist thats your problem
