rolling emo/pop-punk/bullshit/feelings about pizza 2014

new modern baseball is kind of a blast, no idea how long i'll be feeling it, lead singer's voice is both sort of charming and extremely limited, the tracks that flirt with a future in alt-country are pretty encouraging though

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

i've also heard the new fireworks record and it's the best album in the world

crap, was hoping this thread was actually about pizza

FP

modern baseball record had a lyric about pizza so i went with it, feel free to talk pizza

the new we are the in crowd record is streaming at uh mtv, and it sounds pretty good! kinda boilerplate pop-punk elevated by modern pop production http://www.mtv.com/artists/we-are-the-in-crowd/

they released one of my favorite pop-punk singles last year "the best thing (that never happened)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFqtasnu7y8

just learned pizza italia in the financial district closed down, goodbye awesome grandma slice :(

so Driver Friendly's new album is still mysteriously on hold/TBA??

yeah no idea what hopeless are doing with that

speaking of hopeless i love the new taking back sunday song

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

So I've been a little hesitant on the whole emo revival thing for a variety of reasons, one of which was the 1990s/early 00s wave being something I was so invested in and I kind of wanted to leave it as a "time and place" sort of thing. I just kind of avoided it all, but I finally delved in after hearing a couple tracks of the new You Blew It! album, which weren't bad at all. Still hesitant to go much deeper though.

So is there where we also discuss the latest releases from The Pizza Underground?

the new you blew it! is pretty all right yeah!

Yeah I like it. Who else of this new wave sounds similar? I know You Blew It! has some Into It Over It connections, is that a good next step?

the into it over it record from last year is very good. a little bit mathier than the you blew it but solid

yeah new fireworks song!

https://soundcloud.com/triplecrownrecords/fireworks-glowingcrosses

i love this record so much

good stuff

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a1570207516_2.jpg

here's a record i nearly never listened to bc the band name and album title are hideous (and i have a pretty high threshold) and a bunch of people who are about the world is are also about this album (and i've never cooled on a band as hard as i've cooled on the world is)

but it's pretty good! gorgeous, expansive songs that are also a pile of hooks! basically the ideal for me!

http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com/album/home-like-noplace-is-there

and that hotelier record is streaming on pitchfork advance http://pitchfork.com/advance/353-home-like-noplace-is-there/

hah i was looking for the thread to talk about this, and emo revival stuff in general. just trying to work out my feelings because i would have liked this record a lot 10 or 11 years ago and the fact that it literally could have been made 10 or 11 years ago is just....really confusing

just trying to work out my feelings

You've come to the right thread

hahah ikr?

like....the song abt the dog on this is really close to just being embarrassing but it's also pretty well done?

good thread title btwq

by the way qool

the newish iron chic (2013 i guess) is so fuckin good, guys.

think the new manchester orchestra record is going to be incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7o6ZJ2GJzo

https://soundcloud.com/manchesterorchestra/every-stone

TMC: What’s the story behind the Manchester Orchestra name?

Andy: I really like The Smiths.

jfc

do +/- Plus/Minus count as emo? vocals aren't quite in the emo register but it's a little mathy with some twinkly bits in there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laVJw9Q_a3I

this new album is a pleasant surprise

I don't know if Skaters belongs here musically, but I did enjoy their NYC pizza crawl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkPQ3JfoIQ

here's a record i nearly never listened to bc the band name and album title are hideous

Pitchfork gave it an 8.2 today! I agree that the band name and title are wretched. Really like the tracks they're streaming on the site though.

it's a fantastic record

soooooo psyched for the new taking back sunday record http://www.takingbacksunday.com/stood-a-chance/

haha and i think the new taking back sunday is pretty remarkable, it's streaming at amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_385069022_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1002343191&tag=smarturl-20

new Manchester Orchestra album streaming:
https://soundcloud.com/lomavistarecordings/sets/cope-manchester-orchestra/s-0zdB5

yuhhhhh

loving it so fars

"the ocean" lives up to the idea of a manchester orchestra song called "the ocean"

had some okay pizza yesterday. wasted calories on something not worth it. feel like listening to emo/pop punk/bullshit now

yeah on first listen cope >>>>>>> simple math

nastiest most harrowing guitar tone i've heard in a while

the Ocean is a good one. otm about this guitar tone.

fireworks record is streaming!

http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331640166553/fireworks-oh-common-life-album-premiere

TAKING BACK SUNDAY ALBUM REALLY HITTING THE SPOT ON 1ST LISTEN

IT'S SO GOOD

also why is that guitar in "top notch" the best sound ever made it is so addicting, can't wait to get into that album as well!

think i'm gonna make cope its own thread

'Top Notch' is so good. Into this Taking Back Sunday album too. Havent checked out Fireworks yet.

i'm getting used to my skin but it doesn't. fit. right. i share my name with a stranger all. my. life.

this fireworks record >>>>

been bored all day with the tunes i have been spinning.

then this arrived in my inbox.

https://soundcloud.com/thoughtbeneathfilm/if-i-could-fix-you-radio-edit

day sorted.

i am kind of obsessed with this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApViclBGm8c

TAKING BACK SUNDAY ALBUM REALLY HITTING THE SPOT ON 1ST LISTEN

― uberweiss, Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:47 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IT'S SO GOOD

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:11 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Man, I have a LOT of time for TBS, but I thought this new one started off really great but fell off hard in the second half.

jon! i thought the same thing! but then! it grew on me! like a lot!

the newish iron chic (2013 i guess) is so fuckin good, guys.

― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, February 23, 2014 11:58 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

srsly

the new jazz june song RULES http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/04/23/305514113/song-premiere-the-jazz-june-over-underground

new jazz june? wow.

And, alright, I'll give TBS a few more chances.

http://i.imgur.com/ZYYC7Zd.jpg

#muddin

Free stream of new Cheap Girls album, Famous Graves: http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/stream-cheap-girls-new-album-famous-graves/

oh yeah, the new braid song is a jam! http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/05/08/310149644/song-premiere-braid-bang

lot of npr links in this year's thread

apparently the new say anything album was written and recorded entirely without guitars. the two songs they've released are i think the best i've heard from them in years http://noisey.vice.com/blog/say-anything-judas-decapitation-premiere

Always wanted Say Anything to collab with Atom and his Package, my wish has come true!

NEW
DRIVER
FRIENDLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frG99Ar34zI

oh btw the new menzingers rules

menzingers r boring

yeah i've never really understood the menzingers love. i picked up the last one after hearing some good buzz, but it seemed like the really boring stuff that was dime-a-dozen in half the midwest punk scenes of the late 90s

but with nabokov references! yawn

hey brad nelson, is artifex pereo a brad nelson band? because i thought i was reading about some kind of hardcore-prog thing but when the album started it was all wahey, this is a brad nelson band

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfa-IfzrufqfhyJv8TPGdU-h2QNFIHje

it is possible that i have a misinformed idea of what a brad nelson band sounds like

idk if this is what a brad nelson band sounds like but i like it a lot!

gotta be real, emo landing in some bizarre space between coheed and mars volta is a sweet spot for me

it seemed like the really boring stuff that was dime-a-dozen in half the midwest punk scenes of the late 90s

― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, May 30, 2014 7:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk i will take sub-dillinger four basically all day forever

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

i fucking love d4, i have little to no interest in a pedestrian d4

scratches a familiar itch, i guess. seeing them tomorrow with lemuria and pup, which should be bouncy.

Man there's no way that is in the same table as Dillinger Four

Sounds to me like Jawbreaker or something else I was never really into

sorry hoos making fun of the menzingers is really fun, most of my friends really love them, i obviously just don't get it

saw menzingers open for gaslight and i liked them then

show last night was fun but pretty bro-y: some asshole during lemuria yelled 'show us your tits'--a generous bystander escorted him to the bar for a drink, then shoved him out the door where he was barred. which was pretty satisfying.

i should stop being surprised at the number of frat dudes at these kinds of shows i guess? like this stuff has always coded to me as a countercultural cause it was me and the skate rats listening to D4 and whatever back in the day, but times change i guess

I think it REALLY depends on what city you're in

maybe--the DC denim jacket+patches kids all go to the hc/grindcore shows in basements that i'm going to fewer and fewer of these days. the stuff that'd go in this thread seems to attract other strata.

sometimes when i scan threads like this i wonder why you dudes are still talking about these dudes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/D4_6twenty.jpg

but then i remember what the thread is

there has only ever been one D4 imo

Always superconfusing to go to a record store and look for dillinger four only to come across some assholes from australia

the say anything record is on spotify now. it's real fuckin weird http://open.spotify.com/album/57LqCM2UPET7sf2DBCRkwM

i think i like it while also not knowing if it's actually any good

man those guys will say anything

i like the single!

been listening to Direct Hit! a bit lately, guess I just missed seeing them in Chicago

this album is from 2011 but it's the only one they have fully streaming

http://directhitsucks.com/album/domesplitter

(they have sort of a dillinger four-esque sound imo inasmuch as their sound can be differentiated from the masses of pop punk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfnXdXpjL0

oh man .. going to dig out the d4 album now.
have missed that.
and yes, i mean the other d4 ..

Loving this artifex Perez record. Is like Thrice by way of Jellyfish.

Fuck. Artifex Pereo.

I mean, primarily in terms of the timbre of dude's voice.

What do people think of this Hotelier album?

http://thehotelyear.bandcamp.com/

it's incredible. i wish it were recorded better? but it's prob my second favorite emo record of the year so far, after tbs

jade tree catalog on bandcamp: http://jadetree.bandcamp.com/music

Good god, memory overload. Crazy thinking about all these bands that slipped through the tracks in the early 00s that probably would be welcomed with open arms and have an easier time finding an audience if they were around today

holy shit

yeah!

avail yesssss

i dont remember this album being on jade tree back in the day but whatev

https://31.media.tumblr.com/7d43997ff969e591eaaf57e230444505/tumblr_n6q7emQpE71qg1vsto1_500.jpg

otm

https://soundcloud.com/temporary-residence-ltd-1/united-nations-meanwhile-on-main-street/s-FTzkH

wow i can't believe how great the hoteliers album is.

is this the thread where we talk about Tigers Jaw's "Charmer"? because I am liking Tigers Jaw's "Charmer" quite a bit.

http://runforcoverrecords.bandcamp.com/album/charmer

charmer is really nice!

also really enjoying the new record by wolves & machines which is on the alt rockier side of emo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l86G3NGRO8

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/29/324887838/first-listen-braid-no-coast?ft=1&f=1039

aw man this record is great

yeah son yeah

and every girl i tried to kiss
gives that look you did so i choose to miss

"run brother run" on that fireworks record >>>>

here you can stream the new driver friendly record http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKAm0swRNckvuGdGkLQJDbyd2zjw-q2fg

every recommendation in this thread should come with a Singy/Shouty Gauge ... like:

"digging the new Burrowing Deep Into A Blanket Of Stars album ... 70/30 Singy/Shouty ... stream it here: LINK"

i like guitars and emo/pop-punk/bullshit, and i don't mind shouty but i prefer singy ... or at least some singy mixed in with the shouty. knowing right where a record falls on that spectrum would be sweet.

oh yeah that's probably a good idea

driver friendly is like 100/0 singy/shouty. it is definitely not as good as bury a dream though

Yeah it's not quite as striking as Bury a Dream, but their records always sound so good. Every tone on this album is so crisp and alert; I wish more albums were produced like this

i'm really coming around to the driver friendly now actually. way more upbeat than bury a dream but i think "undone" is one of their best songs. also yeah best guitar tones in the game

and now i can't stop listening to it. it's on spotify for, uh, easier listening than youtube http://open.spotify.com/album/40PYpebL41PqseFC7SgrgX

and so far the new dikembe is very good http://pitchfork.com/advance/496-mediumship/

100/0 singy/shouty although i don't think they can really sing

Do people on thread know Basement? Never heard of them but apparently an English band that went on hiatus in 2012 and just reunited. Not really a band name amenable to ILX search. Maybe 80/20 singy/shouty and this new song is really good:

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/basement-summers-colour-further-sky-premiere

Their previous album Colourmeinkindness is on spotify and is great, reminds me a bit of Balance and Composure with the chunky 90s alt-rock aspects.

into this

Milwaukee's Sugar Stems aren't really emo or pop-punk BUT they are very poppy and they're on Dirtnap (punky!) and there is no rolling power-pop or even indie thread (that I can find) so I have to post here that their new album has quickly become one of my favorites of 2014. the hooks on this thing are out of control:

http://www.avclub.com/article/hear-sugar-stems-starry-eyed-new-power-pop-album-o-206908

i think it sounds like The Muffs if Kim hadn't ever discovered punk rock.

if there is a better thread for this, lemme know, otherwise i figure you melody-friendly lot might like it.

i've heard the new dads record and it fucking rules

very very impressive lyrically which probably accounts for how much i've already listened to it

can't stop listening to the new braid

finally heard the first driver friendly album chase the white whale this morning and it's fucking AWESOME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3cAifTNDi8

fuck it, making a driver friendly thread that no one replies to

dig that song!

going to Paramore/Fall Out Boy co-headliner tonight!

YEAH SPOTTIE HAVE AN AWESOME TIME

YES! v excited really, bday present from my wife, nice girl imo

yeah i went last month and paramore are unbelievable live these days

The show was so good. Paramore we're better I think.

Did a little video of light em up up (snuck in a shot of my wife grooving at the end)

http://youtu.be/Cuhhhoad6bU

aw

everyone's going nuts about that prawn record and i'm kinda... neutral about it still.

this one's pretty good though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itqzr77-xnY

what do we feel about Alex G - DSU?

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/20684/homepage_large.5679fa8b.jpg

^^ I liked it the couple times I listened. Sounds like he's got potential but isn't quite there yet.

have i mentioned how much i love this new braid album? addicting

1. i search for this thread via "emo pizza"

2. should i buy mineral tickets on stubhub?

no idea what mineral would be like now but if you like their records enough, sure?

also:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/jazz-june-after-earthquake.jpg

november 11!

er

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/jazz-june-after-earthquake.jpg

doing awesome in this thread right now

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/jazz-june-after-earthquake.jpg

Just discovered this Joyce Manor album and enjoying it a ton. It's notably succinct, 10 bursts of hi quality emoish pop punk in about 19 minutes.

http://assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/31422/joyce-manor-cover.jpg

Here's the great opening track, "Christmas Card":

http://youtu.be/fenyfqlHfbQ

yeah basically i've been playing nothing but Joyce Manor and The Hotelier for several days

love the JM album, almost as good as their self-titled

that joyce manor record ROCKS

they do more with 19 minutes than the vast majority of bands do with 40, it's awesome

esp love "Victoria" and "Cataline Fight Song," more bands need to be doing great things in 100 seconds or less

haha since the Joyce Manor was news to no one but me, is everyone also enjoying the new RVIVR track as much as I am? been playing it on a loop, from a new EP coming in about two weeks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHsotk9ELPY

Nice track. Great vox in particular.

god rvivr keep getting better

oh shit rvivr

so the new RVIVR ep is here and goddamn is it good

https://rvivr.bandcamp.com/album/bicker-and-breathe-ep

I like how the first track seems to end in a natural place and you're thinking ok that was a really good song but then it's like syke we're not done here and whacks you in the side of the head with a massive group singalong coda

fuuuck yes

New Dads is streaming, good

http://pitchfork.com/advance/563-ill-be-the-tornado/

the new dads is pretty good (lol)

also rainer maria reunited??!?!!?!!!!!?????!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?????!?!?!?!!!!!!! playing bowery on nye

wat

this doesn't quite fit this thread (it's more power-pop than pop-punk) but i think it's totally brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf-DCM8QMk8

:)

RVIVR's "Goodbyes" definitely closing out my year-end mix

after a few listens i really love the new jazz june record (who knew) http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-jazz-june-after-the-earthquake-album-stream

also rainer maria reunited??!?!!?!!!!!?????!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?????!?!?!?!!!!!!! playing bowery on nye

I last saw them play at Bowery Ballroom with Ted Leo and Cave In. Must have been 1999? Totally all over the place bill that worked really well.

http://instagram.com/p/vb_TkeDiCT/

as a person who'll always have a place in my music heart for brand new, MCR, thursday, jimmy eat world, some fall out boy back in the day & also got into the genre roots stuff like jawbox, rites of spring, texas is the reason, etc. etc...i find it odd that i can't really latch onto much of the "emo revival" stuff. just doesn't do it for me - like i dont like TWIABP or balance & composure or the hotelier or into it. over it. that much. also the frontperson of TWIABP threw shade at MCR in an interview, so i obvs have a vendetta against him for LIFE

exceptions have been dads & joyce manor - those are all good. recommendations for stuff in that vein worth checking out?

sounds like you were not necessarily into the midwestern brand of emo that a lot of this revival "twinkle" stuff traces back to

have you tried Dikembe? I liked some stuff from their new album this year

maybe also Crash of Rhinos

have not heard of either, will try.

i mean i've tried braid and mineral and promise ring & liked bits and pieces from either but i guess it didn't stick, although jimmy eat world comes from that scene to some extent and i like them. and for all the "mainstream/breakthrough" emo bands i listed, i also was either bored by or truly disliked saves the day, senses fail, most taking back sunday, dashboard confessional and whatnot.

*from all

man that hotelier record is still prob my top "emo revival" release of the year, idk the melodies just grow so naturally out of each other and are so powerful. joyce manor is also the best

if you have a lot of love for jimmy eat world you might like the driver friendly record that came out this year or all of their records really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDgG6T4IpI

i'm also a big fan of the jazz june record that came out this year but it's them doing really straightforward pop-rock

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

imo a bunch of the emo revival bands just aren't that interesting, including TWIABP, Into It, Modern Baseball, etc. You Blew It's OK.

But The Hotelier and Joyce Manor are both *awesome* ... or at least their 2014 records are.

xpost i dig that Driver Friendly record, too

between last year's rolling emo thread and this one i've developed a real loathing for the world is

i think the hotelier have great instrumentation, his voice is jussssttttttttt beyond the threshold of reediness/whininess for me though, idk. i know, i know, its not a thing to complain about in this genre/subgenre/movement/thing, but i find it hard to take sometimes. i will give it another go-round.

will check out this driver friendly band, appreciate all the tips. (also this is one of the better thread names i've encountered)

yeah i dont get the TWIABP hype at all it's half-assed explosions in the sky with choruses and inscrutable-ass lyrics, does sound pretty tho

modern baseball i thought was aight

TWIABP released an album or EP or something this year that appeared to be largely spoken word and it was pretty cringeworthy based on the couple of minutes I could stand to listen to it

What band rn is doing the closest thing to Coheed and Cambria

Is there really a band called modern baseball & are they just copying American Football

coheed sucks and yes there is and no they are not because american football is fucking boring.

in keeping secrets + second stage turbine do not suck

coheed does NOT suck but i can't think of a band like them out there right now

also imo the afterman records were a real return to form for coheed

also, it's kind of all over this thread already, but RVIVR is amazing

sucks is a strong word. my bad. just not my thing, mostly because of prob the most unlistenable voice aside from that simple plan dude. but yea, to their credit what they did was pretty original at the time, sonically.

Hotelier guy's voice is certainly on the line of too reedy/whiny, but I dunno ... it works for me. I guess he stays just on the right side of the line.

But the real draw on HOME LIKE NOPLACE IS THERE, for me, are the guitars. they just feel so ... i dunno, for lack of a better word: epic. i should explain that better, but am swamped right now ... but as just one example, the way the main guitar riff comes to life at :43 of "Among the Wildflowers" (and just the beautiful melodic arc of that little riff in general) is some life-affirming shit, man.

kinda got into the recent coheed album, not all of it but some of it worked well.

But The Hotelier and Joyce Manor are both *awesome* ... or at least their 2014 records are.

Joyce Manor's s/t debut is a bit of a modern classic imo, their 2nd one is good too but it's absurdly skimpy even by their standards

closer to thrice than coheed but i guess one of my answers to the question upthread is "circa survive," whose new record is excellent and streaming on youtube http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH22-xSMERQqUX3ogTqRNTqgzOZbdoxeW

i remember when c&c/thrice and thursday were touring together - it was like the nirvana/pearl jam/soundgarden tour for emo kids!

I completely get why people don't like them, and On the Impossible Past did nothing for me at all, but I have been listening to the Menzingers' Rented World an awful lot lately. There's something satisfying about how basic and stubbornly unclever the lyrics are, especially in conjunction with the music, which is very polished and streamlined but still convincingly gloomy. Just the right amount of melodrama. Maybe it's just a symptom of the constant blah downer feeling that being back in school after a prolonged absence brings out.

i've never been able to get into their albums but i loved them when they opened for gaslight anthem

lots of energy

they're great live and dull on record

newish iron chic track from a split 7"

https://soundcloud.com/noisey/iron-chic-lesprit-de-lescalier

Not sure if they fit here, but I'm digging the new Two Inch Astronaut record, kinda reminds me of the Don Vail record from a few years back. Pleaantly knotty and 90s.

i fucking love two inch astronaut

I guess this is gonna be my best chance to link to a track from the don vail album, since there's no reason that anyone who wasn't paying strict attn to Cdn college rock in the late 00s would have ever heard it - falls into that not-indie/not-emo hinterland for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA37a3dJ92k

the following thought is apropos of nothing rly but i need a safe space to shout it:

WHY THE FUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKK WON'T THERE BE A NEW BRAND NEW ALBUM THERE'D SRSLY BE NO TIME BETTER THAN RIGHT NOW :[ :[ :[

at least they seem to be recording?

did they post about it or something? i didn't hear about this at all

yeah they've been teasing weird things on their website. they've been recording for a few months

whoaoaoaoaa the new funeral for a friend stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsBlMfP21aI

album out in january

Nice

so are we doing a 2015 thread for this stuff or just keep going here?

definitely feels like this stuff is prominent enough rn to warrant its own thread. it certainly is in my life.

haven't found anything neat to start the new thread off with!

the year kicked off w/ a bang with the new fall out boy album, but they obviously have their own thread.

ok, fair enough! as long as we're sticking with it.

full iron chic/low culture split streaming here: http://www.avclub.com/article/stream-all-iron-chic-and-low-cultures-split-ep-213851

hell ya