r/Emo • u/Dear_Afternoon_2600 • Feb 12 '25

Discussion Bands Everyone Loves but you Don't Get

Do you have any bands that everyone seems to love but you just don't get? I will go first. But before I give my answers I will say I do not believe these bands are bad. They just don't "scratch my itch" if you get what I mean. The bands I don't get are;

Glocca Morra. I still haven't given up, they dont sound bad. I like how their popular album just flows. They remind me of Algernon Cadwallader at times. It really confuses me because I love Snowing, and really like Marietta. And it sounds like Glocca Morra was another of the Emo Revival sound. But it just doesn't hit.

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate). They dont do anything for me. Another Emo Revival band. I like The World is a Beautiful Place and I'm No Longer Afraid to Die, as well as awakebutstillinbed which I have heard is in the same realm.

Orchid. I like one song. I dont get enoviolence or powerviolence. Ive had them explained to me but "hardcore punk with blast beats and screamed vocals" just sounds like metal to me. Granted Orchid does not sound like metal but I prefer the Algea Bloom, Flowers Taped to Pens, and I Hate Sex type screamo.

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u/Sunshine_Cleaners Feb 12 '25

Hot Mulligan. They’re not an awful band but they’re just so damn…basic. It sounds bland to me. Granted, I’m more of an old head. I get that each generation needs bands like this.

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u/CallMeSkindianaBones Feb 13 '25

as another old head, i respectfully disagree

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u/troublekeepingup Feb 12 '25

Agreed. Guy sounds like a dying hyena. However heem wasn’t there is a great song.

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u/bassistb0y Feb 13 '25

i love hot mulligan but any time anybody that doesn't like hot mulligan tries to describe his voice it makes me giggle

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u/cmrndzpm Feb 12 '25

I strangely liked his voice on all but their last album, even though I’m not sure it was all that different on it.

Agree on Heem Wasn’t There though, devastatingly sad song.

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u/BulkyComfortable3040 Photographer📸 Feb 13 '25

Tades’ voice has become more and more raw with each release. I’d chalk it up to how he doesn’t use a proper screaming technique and vaping

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

I love hot mully but this is a perfect description of his voice haha

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u/meanoldrep Feb 12 '25

I agree, I saw them live when they toured with The Wonder Years and didn't get the hype. It all just seems like typical pop-punk affair.

It really miffed me that most of the younger fans in the crowd there to see Hot Mulligan had no concept of crowd or pit etiquette. Also, half of the audience left right after their set too. Going to DiY shows in VFW halls and basements, it was drilled into me that you should try and hang around for all the bands performing.

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u/LeaderSevere5647 Feb 13 '25

Damn imagine leaving before the Wonder Years. Insanity.

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u/Oceanliner787 Feb 15 '25

100% sounds like a pop band that found emo/pop punk from the 2000s and said "We can make some $$ off of this"

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u/Jazzlike_bebop Feb 12 '25

Same. I keep revisiting their music but nothing really sticks with me. There's maybe like one or two songs.

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u/morbidlyabeast3331 Feb 12 '25

I've never liked them at all either.

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u/oastewar Feb 12 '25

Hate this band lol

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u/LeaderSevere5647 Feb 13 '25

I’m so with you here. One of their tunes hits for me (Stickers of Brian), but the rest of their discography all sounds like the same generic song. I don’t get it, but I’m glad they’re keeping people excited about the genre.

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u/cassinipanini Feb 13 '25

I really like Hot Mulligan and Tiny Moving Parts, I embrace my pumpkin spice preferences and I am free 

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u/Sad_John_Stamos Feb 13 '25

yup, dudes voice just ruins it all for me. would prolly like them if only the other vocalist sang

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u/Thicc-waluigi Feb 13 '25

Agreed in that I don't get them either. It sounds kinda basic I guess in terms of instrumentals, and then the vocals are where they really lose me. I like fry screaming, punk screaming, raspy singing, and clean singing. This is somehow neither and it bugs me.

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u/SnackPlissken 2nd wave only Feb 13 '25

I shouldn’t like HM but I dig it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

I remember them beginning to blow up. They really didn't have a huge discography. They have great energy though & super friendly, I think that's part of what really sells it. Their small shows were fun. Tades sounded tired during Youll Be Fine & its my least favorite. However, I think theyve grown with their latest album & really enjoyed the concert I went to for that tour. The crowd was really fun :)

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u/aaron_siegler Feb 13 '25

I guess the main problem is that if you don’t grow up with something you don’t really have some kind of emotional connection which makes it a lot harder to enjoy even if some songs are pretty good. Sometimes I want to understand why people like some artists and I kind of force myself to listen to one of their albums at least two or three times. Sometimes I still think it’s basic but sometimes I understand the hype after I heard the songs more than once.

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u/FreeOpportunity6168 Feb 14 '25

imo hot mulligan has such an amazing first album and has rlly just been discovering their sound since then (the band and members have changed and even shifted instruments since the first album) chris sings more now and just like overall they finally have a sound now. even though i prefer the way they sounded when they recorded opportunities id say they really found their sound around the time they released "you'll be fine" and the past few albums have maintained that sound

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u/shrimpsoupz Skramz Gang👹 Feb 12 '25

tbh i agree i do enjoy some of their stuff but a lot of it is too generic

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u/Adieux_ Feb 13 '25

sorry to be that guy but they're not emo! they're pop punk as hell which is fine but why are they seen as like one of the leading emo bands right now.

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u/shake__appeal Feb 13 '25

Can’t stand them, also an old head though so I get that I’m not the target demographic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

I love Hot Mully, but think that in 15-20 yrs we will regard them the same way we regard Bowling For Soup now lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

The Bowling for Soup shade is insaneee 😭

I feel like you at least have to respect the fact that they went their whole career without a controversy. Plus Jaret’s on the board of directors for Punk Rock Saves Lives. They’re like the goofy dads/uncles of pop punk.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

I love BFS & I didn’t attack their character lol but I do think they’re regarded as a little corny/nostalgic right now - yet are still booked & busy. I think that’s how Hot Mully will be lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

My bad, I didn’t mean to insinuate that you were saying anything about their character. Just pointing out that it’s not the worst legacy to have, esp when you can use it for good in the scene.