This instrumental is so simple in structure that its absurd. But this is an example of how something so simplistic can sound so full and freaking downright harrowing.
@StitchJones It was fairly normal until it hit that thirty three second mark, I have one for you that I'm sure you won't have heard but you'll know both songs being covered. It's in the same kind of vein as something that obscure but recognizable.
@GirlVersusGame sweet. those ladies have talent for sure. Going away from metal for a bit since we can all listen to anything. This is one of chvrches least known songs. I only like choice songs from them, but this song is amazing and far from their more pop songs structure
@StitchJones Chvrches I think I heard through Death Stranding and Vampire Academy. I think this one you posted is one I haven't heard. Oh never mind it's blocked I'll try another VPN.
@Ravix slowing the last chorus of this piano cover down to 0.85 speed at the 3:38 mark, gives me chills man. Hits me right in the soul for some reason.
@GirlVersusGame chvrches are big video gamers and they appear on tons of games. Including Death stranding for sure and alot of the forza racing games. This song is more kind of easy rock sounding, not a pop song. The bass is very deep and foreboding sounding
Unfortunately they are blocked on this side, would you say they might be like Placebo in that their themes might be inclusional/LGBT?
Edit: They definitely are, my browser won't even bring up the band name. I'll try Spotify, maybe reset some things.
Something entirely different, Taiwanese Metal band. One of their acoustics, the lead singer is a Politician. He was or is the Taiwanese Ambassador to Finland. I don't know if they are known outside of Asia.
That is infinitely cool @Metonymy I did not expect this at all today, haha.
Though i'm not big into production or anything like that as I may have aluded to somewhere, more just the feel to me, I'm sure there's are elements that clearly help translate those intentions when it is indeed produced well. Not sure I have the nerd capacity left to delve into all of that, but still... Unexpected emo community is always welcome, haha. I may have to go and listen to those albums and see if I can pick out any specifics, though. A good excuse.
But then, I kind of like when it just feels cobbled together, raw and messy too (last track that played was 'Tuck Me In' Alkaline Trio, which sounds awful to be brutally honest, but in such a way that adds to it. Same with the 'IBYMBYBMYL' album (MCR). It's kind of rough, and it is more beautiful for it. (Nowhere near as rough as early Alkaline Trio) I do find myself more drawn to bands earlier albums though, no matter what it is usually more real in their beginnings, regardless of how successful they become. Pulling a classic non related band out of the air, Pink Floyd, same story, I could probably go and listen to their old albums a lot easier than the later stuff. I feel Roger Waters is such a 'me' person 😂
Back to screamo emo, etc, @GirlVersusGame you got me on Armour For Sleep. I've never heard of them... were they a... Chastity... Band? (Let's go, awful jokes!) But you have not got me on Hawthorne Heights, and seeing that actually triggered me a little 🖤 great music for staring out of a window in the rain, or from a moving car and being very depressed to, haha. And after this InMe track finishes (Essex kind of Emo - this is me testing you back 😛Though they maybe aren't that obscure in the UK, i'd say, because of the sensation of the music television boom. But still, not exactly a massive band.) I'll be putting on some Hawthorne Heights for the emo version of a giggle. Silverstein came on first, by the way. (That's not a test)
'If Only You Were Lonely' it's pretty soft screamo, but still. Honestly, listening now it sounds like they put on quite fake high voices, but still...
Also... Funeral For A Friend (welsh, "post-hardcore. But i'd put them in the emo-sphere)
I may now just talk in lyrics or band names rather than sentences, a little bit like Gym Class Heroes did in 'Taxi Driver' 🤷♂️
@GirlVersusGame also, please don't randomly drop Dropkick Murphys on me in bagpipe-form unexpectedly 😂 as soon as the first notes hit it threw me through the loop! I mean, I hear that song at the start of every Celtics game, but out of context while talking nostalgically with people here anyway about music, it really shot my mind right back to my time in the US which I cherish, deeply. The record and music stores there were so cool! New England is pretty awesome.
@Ravix That was lost in translation for a moment, if you switch 'belt' for 'band' it makes sense. I was wondering if there was a genre of Emo music specifically about waiting for the right one. I really like Hawthorne Heights but they are the kind of band that really hit a chord and you know what I mean. So it's kind of a teenage years band and part 'if I listen to them now there's no way I won't feel the same way' then you do and sure enough it floods back. It's great that music can do do that but it can give you racoon eyes too. I'm not saying you wear guy-liner or manscara. I never got too into Funeral for a Friend and did see them live but the sound technician (venue one) was having a bad night and the levels were all over the place. Here's Armor for Sleep, similar maybe with Hawthorne Heights if you really want to go there. I'll be honest I originally thought Emo was for girls, then obviously found out they weren't.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Ravix What's Celtics? I've only caught the Dropkick Murphy's live once, I'd love to have seen them with Liza Graves of Civet. It was a once off, their shows are kind of chaos in a good way. It's also the first show where I saw them actually catch a phone thief, the crowd were drinking, having a good time, prime target for that kind of bump and grab. They took something like nine phones off him. Venues always try to catch them, I don't know what security did to them but they definitely went out the back.
Also InMe? I can't say I've ever heard of them, I only know Essex for one thing and it's definitely not Emo music.
Also the music television boom, I've never watched music television I'll show you my 'music television'. I'll go grab a camera.
See if you notice something about the people on those boxes, and no it's not pornography the XXX is just used to sell music, it's a different way of doing it. Some of those are from 2005, I asked for 2025.
@GirlVersusGame the basketball team from Boston (they play Shipping up to Boston before every game) 🙈 admittedly it doesn't really mix with a chat about emo, and thus might not be obvious what I was on about, in the same way that 'armoured pants'/chastity belts don't mix with emo, either.
But yeah, it was Dropkick Murphys + Nostalgic chat = missing New England. They had a surprisingly active punk scene 🤷♂️
Of course, no makeup on here because then it would get awfully smudged, which is quite impractical. I know what you mean though, emotions of youth can flood back unexpectedly, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse 🖤 music can be a key to all kinds of memories. And that's what I meant by it triggered me. Hawthorne Heights were almost like a short fling accompanying a bad time. I bet some songs would send me to racoon city.
I mean, yeah guys like emo, it would probably be like an 80/20 split female to male, but maybe not. In my circles it was about that, though. Us empaths and emotional wrecks need to have some kind of representation, emotions are genderless. It does amuse me that I could sometimes be hidden amongst very agressive football fans, and then the next minute at a house party surrounded by goths and emos. I don't think i've ever believed in gender roles, I like what I like and do what I like regardless of if it fits into a certain role or group of people. And that to me is closely related to a punk attitide, although punk can be associated with just pure anarchy, or hate movements too, so punk is maybe the wrong word. Free spirited? It hardly matters.
I had that Armoured Pants song on as I typed this, btw 😛 it kind of reminded me of something and everything, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. A very soft Silverstein? Not really sure.
Oops, you added more. Erm... that they are "totally happy to be doing a photoshoot for whatever it is"? I don't know what i'm supposed to be noticing. What do you mean you asked for 2025?
@Ravix Silverstein is exactly what I thought the first time I heard them but then I started to prefer Armor for Sleep instead. Okay I've never seen basketball except for Space Jam, and obviously Dropkick Murphys aren't going to fit that movie.
'music can be a key to all kinds of memories' I find it to be the best way to remember things then it's odd because you are right back there. But at the same time you think 'look where I am now it's better and at least there's more structure'. I think also the time year factors into it too, it's dark so early in Winter. I never watched football either but obviously movies like Football Factory and Green Street seem pretty realistic enough. When you say punk I just picture Vivian from The Young Ones, and I met some goths in NYC but they blended so much with the Vampyre scene and the more adult themes so it was less about the music and more about other things, or rather it was just too mixed for one particular genre to fit.
I think my last goth live band if you can even call them that was Emilie Autumn and it was a very small show. I'd like to have seen a band like Inkubus Sukkubus live, they are kind of goth/part witchcraft. They have some good albums even if each one sounds the same. I'm sure I've listened more goth bands, they sort of blend into certain clubs etc so I try to remember the lyric and write it down and the end of the night or ask for the set-list. That's probably where I heard most of those bands, the same for the heavier tracks which I won't share because of they lyrics/themes but you get the idea. Goth might something you hear early into the night like say Bauhaus, then as things progress maybe Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge. Music plays a very important role in that kind of atmosphere.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Ravix Erm... that they are "totally happy to be doing a photoshoot for whatever it is"? I don't know what i'm supposed to be noticing. What do you mean you asked for 2025?
Those are Hollywood actors being used to market Russian music DVDs. I can't watch live TV in the UK because 'propaganda bad' so I asked for some live music from home and that arrived, I also said 2025 and it's twenty years behind. It's kind of funny but annoying at the same time. That's why my browser wouldn't show me Chvrvces, it's blocked as extremism. It wasn't always this bad but music is obviously a powerful form of expression. It exposes you to new ideas, ways of thinking, communities and when it becomes taboo one day then extremist the next bands like that can't be accessed. Time to see what Emo from Essex sounds like, which is something I never thought I'd say.
That lead singer reminds me of someone, I'm sure I'll remember who.
Searchlight, I'm pretty sure I'm thinking of Searchlight.
InMe also has a very Three Doors Down Kryptonite kind of feel to their video aesthetic, something you don't see that often anymore. They were one of the very first American bands I heard, and it was that Kryptonite song.
@GirlVersusGame it's okay i'm not a prude, though maybe Push is a site for all ages, so yeah. Maybe that is for the best to leave it there 😛
I would say in my experience Goth girls like to bite though, so yeah, not a far stretch to this, that and the other organised activities that you mentioned.
I nearly said one looks a bit like Kirsten Dunst, too, ha 🙈
I don't know if it is classed as emo, likely not, but again genres mean little to me. Some of the lyrics are pretty blunt and could be classed as emo, but i'd describe their style as their 'personal emotional outlet' kind of like screaming into a pillow or something (not like that! your mind is wicked, stop it at once) 🙈🙈
@Ravix It is Kirsten Dunst and Lindsy Lohan I think, you can be sure they don't know their image is being used. The biting doesn't surprise me, I think it goes back to everyone wanting to be a Vampyre at one time. I don't use 'Vampire' or 'Vampir' there's a distinction between the three in that scene. The first does drink blood, the second is more about dressing-up and the third is more about energy. The first are more, serious? It's a fairly serious act to do that even if technically you get medically cleared and use the same donor each time. I have to say I'm liking InMe, thank you. It's funny because I've talked to a lot of gamers before and any time music came up it was always rap but for one guy in Canada who introduced me to Billy Talent. Everyone else just liked or played rap, tonight is the first time I ever heard another person mention Underoath except years ago on social media. Anberlin too, except with them I'd never heard anyone mention them until tonight.
I’m having a hard time keeping up with this thread 😅
@Skarasny Cool video! I’ve never heard of them but it sounds like good fun.
@GirlVersusGame Before their reformation, ‘Underoath’s’ Spencer Chamberlain fronted a band called ‘Sleepwave’ that are worth checking out if you haven’t already.
Can’t say I’m fond of Christian music as a label. Outside of blatant worship music, I see it as exploitation of both audience and artist for profit and too often reeks of disingenuousness. I’ll respect whatever someone’s personal faith is and I’m totally open to hearing them explore their spirituality in their music - whatever it may be - but generally speaking, I’m pretty turned off by branding it as such. Full disclosure: I consider myself a believer in Christ.
Another strong recommendation in this vein would be Emery. Their most recent album, ‘Rub Some Dirt On It’, is their best in years.
@StitchJones He’s been incredibly prolific on every level. Yeah, the guitars on ‘An Ocean Between Us’ sound sooo good. Adam D just knows how to make guitars sound huge and punch through the mix in a complimentary way.
Apparently ‘August Burns Red’ are working on a new album!
@Ravix I played guitar and screamed in an emo-ish rock band for a few years when I was quite a bit younger, so I definitely have a soft spot for the genre. It’s cool to see all this love for bands that remain pretty dear to me, and obviously many others! Didn’t expect to see that here either.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
If you want more obscure (not really emo) I can hit you with a:
Tigers Jaw (Chilled. Pure. Best summed up with this emoji 🥲)
Engerica (weirdly, from Essex, too. Kind of grim-poetry grunge. Similar to how Alakaline Trio are darkly grim-poetic emo/punk, but Engerica are a less serious, very silly take on punky grunge? Almost full satire) I bet after 2 seconds you either love or hate it
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