This POLL Will Become the Anthem of Your EMO Voting Thread / You're Two Floors Down CAMPAIGNING in the Back Room.

weird, i didn't even notice that only one piebald record was nominated and it's not my favorite piebald record

crybald

I want to put in a word for The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving for anyone who hasn't heard it. That was a HUGE record for me once upon a time and I relistened to it for this poll for...maybe the first time in a decade?...and it's still so fucking good. Definitely pioneering for how it finds a crossroads between (ugh) "literate" indie songwriting and emo+pop-punk flavor, with almost impossibly wistful and impactful lyrics. (Propagandhi is definitely the better band but there's no way in hell I'm voting for them in this poll.)

I got to 30 that I could rank without relistening to anything, so I just sent in my ballot. Now I'm going to go listen to some of this stuff.

I can't believe I forgot to nominate Drexel - The Inevitable Is Available

So, I was reminded of this by this poll, but in college I downloaded a song mislabeled as Karate that clearly wasn't; instead it was some spazzy British synth-pop thing. But it was really good. So I pulled it up, hoping maybe Shazam could identify it. But nothing.

Turns out there are at least a few dozen people in the same boat, nobody's ever been able to identify what it is

http://benicetobears.com/2016/09/14/nobody-has-been-able-to-identify-this-song-for-15-years-autobahnkarate/
http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2010/01/rest-of-my-life-i-will-always-drive-and.html

Maddening.

I also love Unwound but couldn't vote for it. Same with 3 of the 4 Converge albums on here (and I nominated 2 of them). Had to vote for Jane Doe but it felt wrong having 4 on there out of 30.

I left off a couple Rainer Maria albums that were definitely worthy of top 50 status, but I couldn't put all of them on my ballot. I did manage to get the first two DC albums and the first FSF album on there, though, but a lot of that is due to nostalgia.

I woke up with 'Jaws Theme Swimming' in my head, so I think my subcounscious is telling me to go and listen to Deja again.

counscious

finally getting into hot water music bc of this poll

I tried to listen to them this week (for the second time - a friend in high school was a big fan) and they leave me cold (har har); something v generic about their sound at least to my ears and I find the production boring.

A Flight and a Crash was one of my first punk records - I still really like the opening flurry of tracks

a future lived in past tense is like... super out of print, right? or does anybody know where i can buy it so i can finally hear it lol

youtube (partial) or uhhh soul seekin' are yr only options I'm afraid

ooooh discogs actually has some reasonable CD prices (just not for the vinyl lol) I might have to bite the bullet on that even though I abhor shelling out for intl shipping

ysi? lol

hahaha I can hook you up later tonight if you want. it's sort of insane that it's not available anywhere, wasn't DeSoto a subsidiary of Dischord? why aren't they also on bandcamp then? and why are their labelmates (eg D-Plan) on Spotify? I'm so confused.

related, but afaik the only related thing to come out post-Juno was this pretty neat (if low-key) record from 2014 as Atoms and Void. Pretty sure the original version of this band (Ghost Wars) had one or two Blood Brothers in it but that never came together I guess. It was nice to hear Carstens' voice again.

https://atomsandvoid.bandcamp.com/releases

tags: ambient rock dark ambient instrumental male vocals sadness

hahaha I can hook you up later tonight if you want. it's sort of insane that it's not available anywhere, wasn't DeSoto a subsidiary of Dischord? why aren't they also on bandcamp then? and why are their labelmates (eg D-Plan) on Spotify? I'm so confused.

yeah please! i found a copy ~around~ but it's at a really low bitrate

i did manage to grab this is the way it goes and goes and goes and holy shit what a record

you found a physical copy? I don't think I've *ever* seen one in Canada

ooooh discogs actually has some reasonable CD prices (just not for the vinyl lol) I might have to bite the bullet on that even though I abhor shelling out for intl shipping

Heh I literally ordered a copy from there this morning - I haven't heard the album in full for like 15 years (a housemate had it on CD) but I remember liking it.

you found a physical copy? I don't think I've *ever* seen one in Canada

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:53 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol nah, on the ~internet~

anyway to get back to other bands (lol) I'm gonna finally listen to Braid today

oh, i should rep for my favorite kitchen sink emo/pop-punk-ish record, johnny foreigner vs. everything. johnny foreigner toured with los campesinos! early on and they have similar energies but anatomically their songs are accelerated emo (one of my friends thinks of them as an extremely poppy pretty girls make graves which isn't wrong either). vs. everything is their extremely ambitious double album featuring piano ballads and spoken word interludes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq81bwSAlak

Heartwarming to see the Juno love spread through ILM. How cool would it be if those albums ended up somewhere in the top 20 or so?

<pleasedontbanme>Brad, you're not on slsk? There are some fine v0 rips floating around.</pleasedontbanme>

the last time i used slsk i discovered that the mac clients were basically unusable. i'll figure something out

re: Johnny Foreigner, I haven't heard the music yet, but the opening track is a strong contender for my number 1 on the song titles side poll.

i don't think anyone is going to ban u for mentioning soulseek :p

btw: http://www.avclub.com/article/drive-announces-first-new-album-17-years-250800

we're right in the midst of the emo revival zeitgeist!

lol that only 'drive' is left of the bandname in the url

I've been using slsk since high school so its mentioning again here is deeply appropriate

finally getting into hot water music bc of this poll

― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:54 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No matter what the final results are, I'll consider this a win :D

the benton falls record recommended upthread is also really good! feel like almost every current mathy emo band is or has been trying to remake it

there are still mathy bands?

*gestures vaguely* they're everywhere. most of them are real boring

I don't really have that much in the way of emo in my collection so I've been doing some homework, Jejune and The Appleseed Cast have stuck with me so far.

I think I need my emo cut with something else, even if it's just, like a hint of hardcore or post-rock or whatever

Which Appleseed Cast album?

Mare Vitalis and Low Level Owl

not sure which AC album im gonna vote for

I'll probably go for both if my ballot's looking a bit thin

me neither though i'm leaning toward mare vitalis xpost

the cello on this Benton Falls records reminds me that someone really should have nominated Faraquet's The View from This Tower.

oh man, the thirty ought six record

thrilled that ppl really repped for old evil-sounding post-hardcore that i've never heard before

there was a time in college where i would listen to anything that sounded like fugazi/hoover and i would've lost my mind over thirty ought six

the cello on this Benton Falls records reminds me that someone really should have nominated Faraquet's The View from This Tower.

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:17 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh my god, i've definitely listened to this album before and then completely forgot about it

me neither though i'm leaning toward mare vitalis xpost

― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:16 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah its a little more succinct.

xxp That reminds me, I love Fugazi but have never listened to Rites of Spring or Embrace, should probably get round to that... and a load of other stuff

Mare Vitalis and Low Level Owl

def. love 2 convos. i saw them when they were touring that release.