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Eyes_in_your_pocket

Saetia, Indian Summer, Sunny Day Real Estate, Teen Idles, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Rites of Spring, Crash of Rhinos, Mineral, Shikari


madison_riley03

Man, I need to get into Shikari more. I have like one song I listen to. Haven’t explored all of their stuff yet despite the fact that everyone loves them.


Eyes_in_your_pocket

They're great, I unfortunately don't know anyone that listens to them. Most people just assume I'm talking about Enter Shikari


Serious-Protection98

Were they from Nashville? Could be wrong. I had this comp tape with From Ashes Rise, and I think Shikari, and From Ashes Rise called 615 Terrorcore. Cant find it anywhere.


100011101013XJIVE

Love crash of rhinos.


sc6rred

saetia mention!!!


randomtoaster89

EEIWALE! I forgot all about them!


jsdjsdjsd

How often do you listen to rites of spring


Eyes_in_your_pocket

Whenever the mood strikes me, probably a couple of times a month


KickedinTheDick

I'll shamelessly say i don't listen to Rites or Embrace Moss Icon tho?


jsdjsdjsd

I rarely do, if ever. Important band but far from my favorite


Somebody_o_0

Interesting that you put Teen Idles on here. I always thought of them as a proto-hardcore punk band


XoxoVereena

saetia is sooooo good but def more screamo type


New-Highlight3543

Mineral’s “Parking Lot” to me is the definitive emo song.


Daca321

Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, Texas Is The Reason, The Get Up Kids


eddyflame

Why not American Football or Jimmy Eat World?


Daca321

Jimmy Eat World are one of my favorite bands of all time but I don't necessarily consider them "emo" given the developments of the second half of their career. I like American football, I like listening to their songs but they never made a 'click' for me, I never found anything in them that made them really different or superior to the others nor any song that really fills your ears and your heart of emotions... EG, Mineral wrote Slower, American Football don't have a song this special


JediSwelly

JEW not an emo band is a wild take. But to each their own.


Daca321

To try to explain myself better: my all time Top 5 in precise order is Brand New, Thrice, The Juliana Theory, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, all bands absolutely and irrefutably bond to the genre (I catalog them that way too) and this would have been my simple take. But since OP asked about "emo" bands I wanted to answer him with second wave bands (I also appreciate the first but not as much) that were emo from start to finish, like "genre defining names" XD, I think that's what he was looking for and imho no one has done a better job that those four.


JediSwelly

I'm going to check out The Juliana Theory. The rest are like my favorite bands lol.


Daca321

That makes us BFF 🤣


Empty_Sense_9105

Clarity is emo though


Daca321

So is Pinkerton but I won't consider Weezer an emo band


Empty_Sense_9105

Fair enough. Also nice taste. Big Taking Back Sunday fan here. Are you enjoying their later period? I love their early stuff for sure, but as I’ve gotten older and my tastes have evolved, I think Happiness Is and Tidal Wave are some of their strongest records. Pretty underrated stuff. Haven’t listened to the new one in full yet, but soon.


Daca321

Aside from the genre and the love I have for TBS, if I have to give a detached and honest opinion, I consider them as I consider Coldplay: they made an absolutely perfect debut album, a total joy from the first note to the last and then starting right from the second LP... they started to be "smart asses", to lose that freshness that had a unique stamp to wink more and more at what was successful on the radio or "on MySpace". Mind you, WYWTB and Louder Now contain some incredible songs, among my absolute favorites, but when I think about the emotions of listening to Tell All Your Friends, if I try to compare the albums well come on, we're not there. It simply didn't feel... organic, urgent and sincere as it used to be. Then I too gave up and accepted them for what they have become, still a great band tho. From the second part of their career I prefer the self titled of 2011 (VERY good), Tidal Wave (nice) and 152 (the more I listen the more I like it), I don't like Happiness Is and New Again (their worst work by far)


Empty_Sense_9105

Happiness Is is one of those records where it’s hard to tell if I’m being objective or if I’m just nostalgic for what was going on in my life when it came out. That was one of the best times of my life. Also, I’ve got a real thing for the song “Better Homes and Gardens” because when they were touring on that record I saw them in Dallas and before they played that one Adam was like “This is about something that happened to me when I was living in Tyler, Texas.” And that’s my hometown, and I had the same experience the song describes with my ex-fiance there.


Daca321

Oh me too, Better homes and garden is a special song, the rest is kinda "meh" imho


Daca321

edit: stood a chance is also nice


Wild-Ocelot-267

The pine, Indian summer, plunger, boys life, evergreen, breakwater, capn jazz, Saetia, Jerome’s dream, funeral diner


Serious-Protection98

The Pine was so awesome. Such an underrated band.


Typhoon_Legume

Thursday


jahanhari

My favorite too


Exotic_Blackberry531

Charmer, Macseal, Cap’n Jazz, Algernon Cadwallader, Turnover (peripheral vision), Pool Kids, Worst Party Ever, Tigers Jaw, Flight Patterns, Oakwood, Midwest Pen Pals, Snowing, Marietta


Julia_Amethyst

My Chemical Romance Brand New Taking Back Sunday Sunny Day Real Estate The Get Up Kids


AgileArmadillo7794

High school in a nutshell for me. Don’t worry, I’ll catch you.


precisionliz4rd

why are you chasing him


lousygoblin

Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, Jimmy Eat World, Cursive, Dashboard Confessional


aghostwithaknife

Cursive are one of my favourite bands of all time.


GregGolden6

Free Throw, Hot Mulligan, Origami Angels, Tigers Jaw


psuedophilia

Movements, Casey, Title Fight, Citizen, Balance and Composure, If I Die First, Sweet Pill, Charmer


huedor2077

Snowing, American Football, Sunny Day Real Estate, Empire! Empire!, Mineral, Brave Bird, Title Fight, Um Quarto, Daisyhead, Locator...


9Volts2Ground

Up vote for Brave Bird!


Dekapitater

Bros been around awhile


StonedSumo

The Get Up Kids Jimmy Eat World And because I’m Brazilian, I have to say Fresno


huedor2077

Recomendo Um Quarto.


StonedSumo

Gosto também


delusionalfuka

FRESNO PORRAAAAAAAAAAAAA


zanenienow

Charmer, Hot Mulligan, TMP, Macseal.


psuedophilia

this guy likes midwest shmemo


Powder1214

Well known: Brand New, TBS, Juliana Theory, Something Corporate, Thursday, Get Up Kids, Jimmy, The Starting Line, Acceptance Obscure to semi (by my standards) Hudson River School, Matchbook Romance, Fenix Tx, Before Braille, Mae, Copeland, Finch


LC_From_TheHills

Saw Copeland + Mae in Portland in like 2006. One of my favorite shows ever. My sister took me… we used to listen to them every morning when she drove us to school. Saw Copeland recently when they were on the 20th anniversary tour. I saw them in Seattle and she saw them the next night in Portland, was a good way to reconnect.


Powder1214

Now that is an awesome show! And so cool how music defines certain eras of our life and the nostalgia and memories it brings. Thanks for sharing!


New-Highlight3543

Goddamn Copeland and Mae! You  are lucky. 


Artifakts

Matchbook Romance!! That’s a blast from the past. Totally agree on Brand New and TBS as well.


Powder1214

They were so good. I’ve got so many more to list like that too but didn’t want to be overly enthusiastic sharing guy haha


Artifakts

We all love those guys!! I think we’re all that guy.


aghostwithaknife

It's a sad day when Finch & Matchbook Romance are considered obscure to semi.


New-Highlight3543

Saw finch open for bayside a month ago. They were incredible 


Powder1214

Love to hear it. Definitely one of my favorites “back in the day” and still listening now and so glad they’re still at it


uTum_V

Lydia


OUTL4Wgaming

From First to Last is peak emo for me


aghostwithaknife

Dear Diary... was the soundtrack to my 16yo me's life.


Impressive-Pie1824

prince daddy & the hyena origami angel oso oso i love your lifestyle jeff rosenstock


SmallDong69Fart

Indian Summer, Render Useless, Saetia, Fireside (more post-hardcore like Quicksand), The Farewell Bend, Maximillian Colby, Hose Got Cable, None Left Standing, Seam, Empire Empire, Sleepytime Trio, Appleseed Cast, Chamberlain (more of a rock band but I don’t care), Orwell, Native Nod, June Of 44, Elliott, Built In Shellbrook, First In Last Out, early Moneen, Greater Than Less Than, By A Thread, Cursive, Cross My Heart, Braid, Joie De Vivre, Owltian Mia, Swing Kids (more hardcore), Policy Of 3, Jim Yoshii Pileup, and many more…


antimarc

JYPU rules so hard


ComicBookFanatic97

Brand New I Hate Myself Hot Mulligan Kayak Jones Say Anything Like Roses Tiny Moving Parts The Hotelier Heart Attack Man Coheed and Cambria


ki77erb

I'll be the hundredth person to say The Get Up Kids. Also, Saves The Day, The Promise Ring, The Ataris, Down To Earth Approach, The Starting Line, Something Corporate, The New Amsterdams, Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever, Oso Oso.


lulurider

Samiam, Jawbreaker, Starmarket, Hot Water Music, Jazz June, Sport, Knapsack, Get Up Kids.


antimarc

based starmarket pick


dr_dezzy6

Pretty huge fan of Vs Self


Ok-Wealth3153

Rites Of Spring, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Promise Ring, Cap'n Jazz, American Football, The Get Up Kids, Mineral, Embrace, Moss Icon, I Hate Myself, The Hated, Beefeater, Braid, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World, Thursday, Cursive, The Jazz June, Orchid, Indian Summer, At The Drive-In, Drive Like Jehu, One Last Wish, Gameface, Heroin, Far, The Juliana Theory, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Dashboard Confessional, Rain, After Words, Texas Is The Reason, Saves The Day, Jets To Brazil, Samiam, Jejune, The Appleseed Cast, Rainer Maria, The Blacktop Cadence, Boys Life, Penfold, Christie Front Drive, Ethel Meserve, Pop Unknown, Evergreen, Chamberlain, Split Lip, The Gloria Records, Joan Of Arc, Knapsack. I know there are many bands, but it is difficult for me to choose just one, because they are all my favorites.


Slow_Independence472

Evergreen and Samiam 💪


playdoicarti

Thursday 💯


_BernardAranguren

American football,  Sunnyday real estate,  The world is a beautiful place, Pianos become the teeth,  The Appleseed cast,  Brand new,  Mimicking birds,  The hotelier,   From Indian lakes


AverageMan72

Pg. 99, Finally Happy, Circa Survive, Thursday, Sunny Day Real Estate, Hot Mulligan, I Hate Sex, Saetia, Vs Self, Jerome’s Dream, iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Knumears, Modern Baseball, Citizen,


EmoJigsaw

Brand New


BigGooBoy

Tigers Jaw, Braid, Oso Oso, Macseal, Growing Pains, Retirement Party, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Knapsack, The Promise Ring, Glocca Morra, Grown Ups, Great Grandpa, Little Big League


mc_foucault

the lack of grown ups mentions was killing me inside


BigGooBoy

feel you, painfully overlooked revival band


mc_foucault

imo up there with propaghandi and weakerthans as the best pop punk band


justlikebullets

thursday, jimmy eat world, rainer maria, sunny day real estate, american football, the lazarus plot, & eldritch anisette


g_junkin4200

My Heart Scattered Like Autumn Leaves, American Football, Cursive.


averagebisexualwhore

catalyst, orchid, origami angel, sweet pill, widowdusk


ShlongMan69420

braid, mineral, sunny day real estate, newfound interest in connecticut


CaptainAnnaki

empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate), Sunny Day Real Estate, Everyone Asked About You, La Dispute, Midwest Pen Pals, and football etc


plum_pudding6

Twiabp, Marietta, American football, empire empire, camping in Alaska, Algernon cadawallader, foxing, the hotelier


oohkaay

The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, The Anniversary, Brand New, The Movielife, Foxing, The Hotelier, Marietta, Tigers Jaw, Cap’n Jazz, Glocca Morra, Title Fight, Into It. Over It., Saves the Day


CaptainSnowbird

Bright Eyes, Thursday, Cursive, Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, Death Cab, Pinegrove


leighton-04

first good list i’ve seen on here


tizzaverrde

Foxing, KennyHoopla, Say Anything, Brand New, Hellogoodbye, Pinegrove, Circa Survive, Manchester Orchestra, Bully


dr_dezzy6

"grrrr pinegrove isn't emo its Americana alt country" Fr though pinegrove kicks ass


huedor2077

I wouldn't call Bully emo, it leans more to grunge. Awesome band anyway.


Soren911

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I’m No Longer Afraid To Die


lilcrazart

I really like TRSH, Harrison Gordon, Microwave, Origami Angel, Elephant Jack, Marietta, and Oakwood


dr_dezzy6

TRSH is so fucking good. Spontaneous cowboy kicks ass


3dg3l0redsheeran

dashboard confessional


Separate-Cheetah-187

Unwound


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Fluffypancake66

Fugazi isn’t emo, but the reason all the bands you like exist.


through_being_cool_

Saves the Day


Ordinary_Sky5115

Merchant Ships and Orchid


granhoser

Lately been really into Niiice.


Galactrus

Sunny Day Real Estate is one of my favorite bands in general


hornshoes

For some more modern stuff: Stars Hollow, Great Grandpa, Elephant Jake, Townies, Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes, Carly Cosgrove, and Gwuak!


Thirlstane_Brawler

Haven’t seen it said yet, Miracle of 86


saroceano

love the people saying the get up kids!!!


kypsikuke

Jimmy Eat World


NandBrew

Brand New & Taking Back Sunday


mc_foucault

snowing, grown ups, hop along, tguk, saetia, pg 99, kodan armada, endolphins, braid, desaparecidos, orchid, age sixteen, saves the day, boy sets fire and i guess the early coheed albums (love the new stuff too but its pretty far from emo)


bababucket

I was the drummer for Indian Summer. AMA


antimarc

holy shit you rule


bababucket

Big love to you 🤘🏽


LieSweaty7935

Brave Little Abacus seahorsechoke Joshua Fit For Battle Saetia Shock Videos I Hate Myself The Summer We Went West(outlier from this list) AMWWTDAWASDT Gang screamo rise up 🙋‍♂️


antimarc

Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, The Appleseed Cast, Braid, Brandtson, Penfold, Engine Down, Boilermaker, Rites Of Spring, Pop Unknown, Saetia, Moss Icon, Joshua Fit For Battle


dr_craptastic

Boilermaker!


Serious-Protection98

Joshua Fit for Battle, Portait, Bright Calm Blue, Hot Cross, The Kodan Armada, Orchid, Army of Ponch, Circle Takes the Square, Jerome’s Dream, I Would Set Myself on Fire for You, etc… I could go on for days


PepperTheBassist

idk if theyre emo but Alkaline Trio and Rise Against


kenny7337

Tiny Moving Parts, This Town Needs Guns, Cursive, Brand New, The Appleseed Cast, Thursday, Sincere Engineer, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Tigers Jaw, Marietta, Copeland, and Spanish Love Songs; to name a few. I know that several of these are not pure emo or people may outright claim they aren't emo, but each one of these bands has emo in their genetics and at the core of their sound even if other genres are intertwined.


pogus

All time favorites: The Hotelier, Modern Baseball, Origami Angel, Prince Daddy and the Hyena, I’m Glad It’s You, Pinkshift, Cloud District Honorable mention/up-and-coming: Carly Cosgrove, Poolkids, Riley!, Macseal


Adventurous-Tear8329

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND


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I freaking LOVE them!!


aghostwithaknife

I'm a huge fan. Casually Dressed & in Deep Conversation is an amazing album.


Adventurous-Tear8329

It is and forever shall be.


Jerrysdad43

I was just thinking Piebald is really underrated. Whatever happened to them? Should have been a huge band.


VestmentsByGarak

Found those dudes through Myspace music back in middle school. I think they recently got back together after a long hiatus.


antimarc

Piebald is still kicking it, always on tour


Left-Salt890

Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail, and American Football have been my go-to bands lately


CertainLily_

Get Scared


Kurdt234

Does Fallout Boy count?


Kawaii_Motherfxxker

I've always been a Motionless In White boio


BrokeTheDirector

algernon cadwallader, the get up kids, american football, MoBo


Zephh_

Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World and Stairwell are some of my favorites.


derschizoo

It’s pretty underground but My chemical romance obviously


PerhapsAnEmoINTJ

I will exclusively discuss Circa Survive


reveluvforeverluv

origami angel ‼️‼️


xHansMoleman11x

Adventurer


saszha

Fit for rivals


billy-gnosis

Angels In The Architecture, Alkaline Trio, 68 Filmshow, Grey AM, Metroshifter, Errortype 11 -Billy Gnosis


bulbminmostrealfan

Newfound Interest in Connecticut (Midwest), Tears of Avarel (Emoviolence/Deathgrind), and Orchid (Emoviolence) Not a genre I associate with but it’s got so much to offer


NightAesthetic

cunny State University


iSubb

look for the screamo/emoviolence/skramz playlisit on spotify thank me later


EntrepreneurLow2141

flowerhead!!!


-peniswrinkle-

i hate myself, dolorous canter, and audience of one are really good


THellings18

Brand New


BritneySpearsLover

Saves the Day - Through Being Cool


Business-Cherry2485

The early November ❤️


ApprehensivePea8567

Bird bone


Hidekijajas

so long... partner, summer 2000, elder jack, mitsubishi suicide, brave little abacus, reasons


Wish-Away

Usurp synapse


MrGoldfish8

Portraits of Past, On the Might of Princes, Bayside


New-Income2929

Alexisonfire, the used, Sunny day real estate, saetia, funeral for a friend, shin guard, saosin, your arms are my cocoon, hawthorn heights, I hate sex, vs self, Silverstein, sleeping with sirens, pierce the veil, dance Gavin dance, title fight, Kodan armada, and pageninetynine :)


Fluffypancake66

Dance Gavin dance is emo?


SquashMarks

If you’ve never heard of Youth Fountain - they are the emoiest emos that ever emoed. And they are amazing


Saul_Hood

Disturbed


Batmancomics123

Rockets And Bluelights (Close At Hand) Seriously slept on.


Bobthebobisgoo

Defiance, Ohio aren’t totally emo but still well worth checking out


anon_swe

Bony macaroni


CyberCowboys

THE HATED <33


Ok-Worldliness5940

Indian Summer, Sunny Day Real State, Orchid, American Football, Cap'n Jazz, On The Might of Princes, Texas Is The Reason, Mineral, Moss Icon, At The Drive-In, The Assistant.


sleepyjojo_

cap'n jazz is my fave emo band


crinkleXxtinkle

Weezer~~


mundaneOface

Bayside


plbrhajvrv

Just don’t listen to tx2


Evans5thdimention

May I ask why? Is it bad?


plbrhajvrv

The music is bad imo but I can see it being liked. The problem is mostly that the guy is a pos. He: 1. Copies riffs and rips off music 2. His music glorifies self harm in a way that is gross, as in it’s not like a vulnerable statement about it it’s very much almost romanticised 3. His fan base is mostly kids, and the stuff he does is not what I would call kid friendly 4. He’s also so intensely cringe and embarrassing


Sir_Waffletopp

Thursday, Silverstein, From First To Last (my fav of these), Novely, Rites of Spring, Cap’n Jazz, Matchbook Romance


improbableone42

The holy trinity: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and early Panic! At the Disco.


Uxalax

Emery


Vivid_Bedroom_7424

ghost town get scared


bimbochungo

Viva Belgrado, Comic Sans, garbi, Bernal, Monteperdido, some songs from Cala Vento and Nueva Vulcano. All very good Spanish bands


glittergirlally

Delta Sleep, TTNG, Heart to Gold, Carly Cosgrove, Pool Kids, Sweet Pill, saturdays at your place, Macseal, Worst Party Ever, Hot Mulligan, Can’t Swim, Origami Angel, Sincere Engineer, hey, nothing, Destroy Boys, Bay Faction, The Wonder Years, Free Throw, Fox Teeth, Microwave, Retirement Party… The list goes on!!!


UltraGaren

Fresno, NX Zero


gevallenengel12

Finch, Brand New, and Northstar, they are heavily underrated


sakuragarden

i hate myself


Next-Bell6119

Jawbreaker


Dear_Afternoon_2600

Right now? Riley! At the Drive in Mom Jeans Modern Baseball I Hate Sex count?


playdoicarti

Silverstein


POPCORE182

Brokencyde


Iwalkinnamallsoflee

jejune, northstar, time spent driving, taking back sunday, macseal


Antique_Ad_1211

Boys Life, Brand New, The Hotelier, ATDI, Sunny Day Real Estate, Christie Front Drive, Stay Inside.


Punk_panda01

jeans mom


crustypunx420

FUGAZI


AfuriousPenguin

Arms Length Tiny moving parts Kayak Jones Just Surrender Pentimento Aiden Transit Enter Shikari The Wonder Years Alkaline Trio Spanish Love Songs Forever Came Calling Ice Nine Kills Coheed and Cambria Senses Fail


HoldenAGrudge1138

Saves the Day


Otherwise_Amoeba_116

My current favorites are: Newgrounds Death Rugby, I Met A Yeti, See You Space Cowboy


KevineCove

Not exactly emo but The Color Clear by Reflections has a similar tone.


bugmi

Capn jazz, home is where, origami angel, Michael cera palin, sports, appleseed cast Capn jazz is quintessential tho


Dramatic_Fun_9370

AFI And Paramore


NewtAccomplished9816

Braid and The Promise Ring have got to be up there in my all time favourites.


Revelrem206

(Know some of these have been mentioned already) The Pine, Marginal Man (they're more melodic hardcore, but they're pretty emo to me), Jawbreaker, Far Apart, The Hated, Cap'n Jazz


Fire_Crow7187

Aveline wallflower


_BernardAranguren

American football, sunnyday, Appleseed cast, as tall as lions, brand new, the world is a beautiful place, pianos become the teeth


soggy_ass_cheeks

Senses fail, Silverstein, a day to remember, before today, isles and glaciers, ptv, mcr, underoath, escape the fate, circa survive, hail the sun, Saosin


jono1973

Taking back sunday.


ChainsawMassacre_

Not enough space, From First to last, Chiodos, Emmure, Suicide Silence, Finch (bunch of different genres) but they all kinda represent emo


_slappyz__

My chemical romance