rolling emo/pop-punk/dogs on skateboards 2017

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save all this talk for the poll!

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link

this is the most conversational this thread has ever been and i'm enjoying it so much!

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link

tru sorry

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link

ahaha it's ok, i also sorta agree

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link

Did anybody listen to One For The Team back in the day? This is one of my fav pop-punk records of the last decade and I've been coming back to it a ton the last few months.

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

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link

i have no idea what this record is! i'm so excited!

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link

oh wow yeah this is great. thank u evan

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link

Yeah it's an old, dear friend of mine. Very much a product of its time, kind of a DIY stab at Tegan & Sara x 2009 Warped Tour x Silversun Pickups-era alt-rock thing, but the songs cut so deep and some of these tracks are monsters

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNeF_9tBQI

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link

Tegan & Sara x 2009 Warped Tour x Silversun Pickups-era alt-rock thing

oh no! it's... my Aesthetic

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link

will check it out

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link

been on a little silversun pickups kick for a bit now

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link

same, mostly in anticipation of their tour with 3eb

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link

lol yeah, between Brand New Eyes and Sainthood and Romance is Boring and this record, this was an era that catered to me to almost ridiculous extremes.

(I was also seeing 3EB live a ton around that time, too, mostly by coincidence)

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link

same, mostly in anticipation of their tour with 3eb

― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, February 10, 2017 1:41 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is good. i will partake.

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link

they're playing the s/t all the way through, it's gonna rule, can't wait to graduate

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link

Stephan Jenkins still rocks a hoodie very well. I interviewed him years ago and he described 3eb as "slammingly misunderstood," and that wording always stuck with me for some reason

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link

lmao

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link

y'know even though the years have proven that Tim Kasher is basically Diet Greg Dulli I still have a huge soft spot for the run from Semantics of Song to The Ugly Organ (and the first three Good Life albums)

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link

me2

Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link

(relistening to Young Simon Faves in what will be a long preparation for the poll)

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link

"helped" by the fact that Domestica accurately predicted the eventual vibe of my first live-in relationship

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link

y'know even though the years have proven that Tim Kasher is basically Diet Greg Dulli I still have a huge soft spot for the run from Semantics of Song to The Ugly Organ (and the first three Good Life albums)

yeah that exactly the amount of cursive/good life i like. the few songs i've heard from his new solo record sounded pretty good in an early good life way

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link

between Brand New Eyes and Sainthood and Romance is Boring

Taking this down as evidence for my RiB is emo stand.

also does anyone remember the Nintendo Fusion Tour?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-08UCO2Zec8M/TuKaQd3SxKI/AAAAAAAAAPE/oc3E4BTMyR0/s1600/donkeykonga.jpg

devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link

Those Ugly Organ B-sides and those EPs they recorded while Greta was in the band are all essential, too. Every thing Kasher did got wildly uneven after that, but Mama, I'm Swollen is wayyyyy underrated. Some of his best songs are on that one.

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link

Los Campesinos count as emo for sure (I have never liked 'em tho)

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link

first three lc records are v emo in their dna

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link

Very happy to be finding no resistance to this.

devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link

Romance is Boring has some of my favorite lyrics of any record from that era. And yeah, super emo:

Please just let me be the one to keep track
Of the freckles and the moles on your back

Evan R, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link

for some reason that makes me wonder if Arab Strap should be eligible

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link

lol i'm open to the argument

devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link

naaaaaah

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link

Very happy to be finding no resistance to this.

― devvvine, Friday, February 10, 2017 2:07 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well i'm gonna insist on johnny foreigner being eligible so it'd be weird for me to draw a line

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link

let's not forget that Conor Oberst guested on Hug and Pint

I dunno they don't feel like a bridge too far to me (tho, like, B&S obviously are) but I'm not gonna die on that hill

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link

well i'm gonna insist on johnny foreigner being eligible so it'd be weird for me to draw a line

― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, February 10, 2017 9:12 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

with you there, all in for 'salt, peppa and spindarella'

devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link

at the time of lifted i for sure thought of bright eyes as emo but in hindsight for some reason it feels more indie singer-songwriter'y? obv this has something to do w/ the trajectory his career took since then but lifted seems of a piece w/ the rest of his catalog - like maybe he was never emo it was like one of those things where something presents as X but it turns out it was coincidental and actually it turned out to be Y all along.

Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link

yeah agree. interested to see how you end up framing this whole thing with which inclusions/exclusions. good luck

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link

I would say all Oberst things count as emo until you hit, say, Cassadaga.

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link

(both Desaparecidos records are damn near essential pop-punk, also)

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link

imo bright eyes doesn't count, desaparecidos does (the first is as straight up of an emo record as you can get in its design), but i won't fight anyone over it

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link

How do people feel about 'The Blood, The Body, The Machine'?

devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link

nah

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link

thermals have more in common with like the breeders than they do emo

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link

is this just an emo/poppunk thing or is screamo / hardcore gonna be involved too?

Spottie, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link

.... that's a tough call

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link

Fevers and Mirrors is maybe the most emo thing ever

I think Thermals almost count as pop-punk but I'm inclined to agree with brad

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link

imo it will be more fun if we include screamo

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link

screamo for sure going to be included

Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link

Fevers and Mirrors is maybe the most emo thing ever

in terms of the actual songwriting? eh

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link

hell yeah, at least the bits I remember ("The Calendar Hung Itself" stands out for this), though I could use a relisten

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link

"calendar" is the closest it gets imo

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link


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