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
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
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
― alpine static, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
between last year's rolling emo thread and this one i've developed a real loathing for the world is
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
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)
― search datpiff, you'll find it (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
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
― search datpiff, you'll find it (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
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
― anonanon, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
What band rn is doing the closest thing to Coheed and Cambria
― 龜, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
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.
― search datpiff, you'll find it (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
in keeping secrets + second stage turbine do not suck
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
coheed does NOT suck but i can't think of a band like them out there right now
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
also imo the afterman records were a real return to form for coheed
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
also, it's kind of all over this thread already, but RVIVR is amazing
― anonanon, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
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.
― search datpiff, you'll find it (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
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.
― alpine static, Friday, 21 November 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
kinda got into the recent coheed album, not all of it but some of it worked well.
― no but seriously im not a dick like that (Spottie), Friday, 21 November 2014 06:04 (nine years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Friday, 21 November 2014 06:13 (nine years ago) link
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
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 21 November 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
i remember when c&c/thrice and thursday were touring together - it was like the nirvana/pearl jam/soundgarden tour for emo kids!
― Mordy, Friday, 21 November 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Thursday, 27 November 2014 04:16 (nine years ago) link
i've never been able to get into their albums but i loved them when they opened for gaslight anthem
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 November 2014 04:24 (nine years ago) link
lots of energy
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 November 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
they're great live and dull on record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 November 2014 04:27 (nine years ago) link
newish iron chic track from a split 7"
https://soundcloud.com/noisey/iron-chic-lesprit-de-lescalier
― dan m, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 3 December 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link
i fucking love two inch astronaut
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 December 2014 05:08 (nine years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Thursday, 4 December 2014 05:27 (nine years ago) link
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 :[ :[ :[
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 December 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
at least they seem to be recording?
― Simon H., Friday, 5 December 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
did they post about it or something? i didn't hear about this at all
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 December 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah they've been teasing weird things on their website. they've been recording for a few months
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link
whoaoaoaoaa the new funeral for a friend stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsBlMfP21aI
album out in january
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Nice
― 龜, Friday, 19 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
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.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
haven't found anything neat to start the new thread off with!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
the year kicked off w/ a bang with the new fall out boy album, but they obviously have their own thread.
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
ok, fair enough! as long as we're sticking with it.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
full iron chic/low culture split streaming here: http://www.avclub.com/article/stream-all-iron-chic-and-low-cultures-split-ep-213851
― dan m, Thursday, 15 January 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
hell ya
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 January 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link