Posted by Kursk on 2007-03-21 21:02:53
My Score:

score is for Youth Like Tigers and State Bird The Mosquito, the rest of the album is ok.

yeh uh huh. so another band with dudes wearing girls jeans?

This is a dramatic improvement on their EP, which wasn't good at all. This disc is mainly hampered by the bloated runtime, and while barely above average, demonstrates promise for the future. They're trying to do more than the average band in this nebulous genre, and if these guys can make a similar leap before their next disc, they may be a legitimately good band soon.

this band is complete crap, HOWEVER this album would make a great coaster for my beer.

I don't know, I never saw "emo" as anything more than an incidental genre; that is, until recently, no bands ever set out to be "emo." What was emo before just happened to fall into that category in retrospect. In the old days, I hardly think what we now consider to be emo bands ever listened to each other- And if they did, they didn't influence each other on a national scale too much. I mean, Moss Icon and cap'n jazz were around at the same time. Promise Ring, Hot Water Music, and Swing Kids were all recording at the same time. None of the music is similar enough to really keep track of.

-Will

I heard this band is really weird, like the touch each other's penises on stage and stuff. They hold their penises together that is. kind of wrap them around each other.

"Ever We Fall"? Who comes up with a name like that, some 16 year old sitting in his bedroom wallowing in self-pity from the breakup with his girlfriend he just had?

Will, your argument is flawed. caP'n Jazz and the Promise Ring shared members and subsequently, regions, but they didn't sound anything alike. The latter played pop-inflected emo rock that came to be the blueprint for bands of their style in that era. I mean shit, Texas Is the Reason was from NYC and they certainly fall into this group. Emo certainly existed/exists regionally, but you can't deny that it has a lineage.

rkl, to clarify: Not at all.

Emo cannot be graphed in "waves"- this is because it is more of a regional movement than one based on timed trends. Sure, post-hardcore bands were all influenced by each other, but each region has their own distinct sound. For instance, cap'N Jazz pretty much set the standard for midwester emo/indie in the early-mid 90's. On the West Coast, bands were more Fugazi/Embrace influenced (Moss Icon) and later evolved into "screamo" (Orchid). In Florida, Hot Water Music have been doing emo forever.

So, I would say that you can only describe emo/post-hardcore by where-ever its influences come from (DC, San Diego, New Jersey, Florida, Lawrence, etc.)

-Will

rkl: Yes, pretty much.

okay, so if the first wave of emo was rites of spring etc, is the second wave jawbreaker?
color me confused

to expand on the comment below, add nitro tothat list. i miss 90's skate punk.

remember when this label was good? about 10 years ago? remember the first hopelessly devoted to you comp? those were the days. just like fearless records, hopeless has gone done the shitter.

"Uh what does an Asian guitar sound like? Do Asian guitars have sideways vaginas?

-Will"

that's gotta be the funniest thing you've ever said. i choked on my drink.

Uh what does an Asian guitar sound like? Do Asian guitars have sideways vaginas?

-Will