That kraus reminds me a bit of this. Maybe I'll make a separate thread for metal otherwise I will stink this one up and it'll become one
Re: music is life
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:35 pm
by lionfir44
a nice little chicago skram/bedroom pop ep that came out last year, idk how to describe it other than that it kind of sounds like the brave little abacus
Re: music is life
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 5:04 pm
by thewisdomoftime
I'm glad midwest emo now feels like the brave little abacus extended creative universe
here's some deepcuts, not sure if people on here love emo but all of these made me extremely happy to hear and are ones I'm actually reticent to share with people I don't care about
I put them in a spoiler at any rate
Spoiler:
our mouths to smile by home is where is my 11th 5/5 album over my 5 years on rateyourmusic,
I recommend trying track 2 Venison which is a staggering, hard-hitting harmonica-led thrill-ride, up there with pump fake by snowing in the running for my favorite emo song point blank, probably the most joyous
kudaranai1nichi are a pretty hardcore emo band that unfortunately-for-me has japanese lyrics but fortunately has astounding vocal performances, also they followed me back on twitter, I recommend trying track 7 which they translated as "True record! [Geek tears at a beautiful arpeggio]" on spotify, but the album's got some range
'Hey, ily' is the solo project of a member of the also good midwest emo band Rookie Card, they dropped this EP in february that I love a fair bit, track 4 is a little BLA-esque number but you may as well listen to all 12 minutes
Re: music is life
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 5:44 pm
by lionfir44
i'm adding on to this long spoiler train of just listing off emo/folk artists you like. if the guy who wrote that long thing about raf ever did could do that then we can too.
Spoiler:
philadelphia. this (along with their previous album) is probably one of my favorite (relatively) local diy records of all time. i know doug (the main songwriter) a wee bit, and what's really interesting about this is that despite how delayed and dreamy it sounds the band combined only owns about two effects pedals. he's also started making breakbeat stuff for fun lately, most of which is up on his soundcloud page
[bandcamp]https://theyareguttingabodyofwater.band ... destiny-xl[/bandcamp]
another dude from philly doing really cool stuff, although he's been a little inactive lately. this whole album (along with his other ep of stuff that didn't quite make the cut) is pretty interesting, he's got a really unique voice, and it's really easy to get stuck listening to songs like "sand" and "i know" on repeat. also i think more artists should follow his lead close their albums out with a track thanking everyone who helped them put it together! so nice
[bandcamp]https://cooking.bandcamp.com/album/cooking-with-gas[/bandcamp]
[bandcamp]https://cooking.bandcamp.com/album/mcydees[/bandcamp]
this is acid_freek's (also from phil) twitch set organized by some people online with waveform and joyer (among others), and even though everyone else played well these guys just came completely out of left field and blew everyone away. all they have up is a demo tape on bandcamp that sounds a little out of key at times, but they're coming out with a new ep very soon. worth keeping tabs on
this is a split ep from two artists i greatly enjoy. idk about dearly somber but i used to hang out at dani from harvey waters' house a lot back before covid and let me tell you it is a MIRACLE that they managed to make their half of the ep sound so crisp given the state of the basement they recorded it in. also half of this split is just the bands covering each others' songs, feels like a big hug.
[bandcamp]https://dearlysomber.bandcamp.com/album ... vey-waters[/bandcamp]
Re: music is life
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:33 pm
by Trench Witch
is eastern youth midwest emo? seems kind of sad to me
Re: music is life
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:32 am
by lionfir44
Trench Witch wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:33 pm
is eastern youth midwest emo? seems kind of sad to me
never heard of em before but i've been listening to them for like 1.5 hour thanks to your recommendation. they're as old as, like, rites of spring, AND they have an album cover that's like the william bonney one but... with HORNS?? yep they get the pass
also while we're talking about music from japan i can't help but mention one of my favorite rave acts ever, SANDWICH DE 120 PUN:
Re: music is life
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:34 pm
by DeafIdiotGod
I'm no emohead so you guys might already know about these but I've been into these emo / math rock-ish albums lately
Spoiler:
This one is also a one man band deal
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:23 am
by lionfir44
if anyone's interested in more music that kinda sounds like alex g, https://www.twitch.tv/casiodome is putting on a twitch set/mini-festival (i guess) tomorrow featuring two of the bands in a prior post of mine (harvey waters and dearly somber) and three others i can't remember because i can't find the instagram flyer someone made for it for the life of me. 7pm, US eastern time..
whenever casiodome and like channels host shows like this i usually try and tune in, given that a lot of the people online are friends with each other and everyone's always really nice and supportive and funny these sorts of streams are probably the closest things we're gonna get to physical house shows until at least like 2022/
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:59 am
by cameron
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:00 am
by lionfir44
out of the like 24+ hours worth of content dj sabrina has put out in the past 4 years, i've never once heard a bad song from her. definitely worth checking out if you were really into vaporwave as a kid but aren't really anymore but still reminisce over how energetic and fresh that whole phase of your life felt. or if you've always wanted to put your whole heart into some 80s karaoke but never liked going to bars or anything since they're really expensive and everyone around you is too annoying. or... just in general. rock on!
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:39 am
by Julio
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:10 pm
by frannyglass
Re: music is life
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:56 pm
by p3rn
Re: music is life
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:50 am
by ParallaxisRemix
Re: music is life
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:18 am
by rjbman
cant wait to see shows again
Re: music is life
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:18 pm
by ParallaxisRemix
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Re: music is life
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:37 am
by lionfir44
northeastern US folk mans with nothing but bright things ahead. i'm sharing this mainly because i'm pissed that some other band from nyc named "the sundots" with like 60 monthly listeners on spotify that formed a year before drew (guy behind the cool sundots) thought up that name "first" and are now sending him a cease and desist because of it... as if no one has ever thought to put the words "sun" and "dots" together before like three years ago. if you want to be a diy artist whose current (likely) dearth of material success can only be directly countered through building authentic ties and roots with the greater community around you, this is NOT the fucking way to do it. idk how to post bandcamp links here but run em up yall