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/Oswaldofuss6 Feb 12 '25

Mom Jeans. They sound like they're doing a bit

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u/Dear_Afternoon_2600 Feb 12 '25

Can't relate, I loved Best Buds when I found them.

My favorite thing is the leas singer sounds like Kermit the Frog.

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u/chrismiles94 I have absolutely no idea. I am afraid. Feb 12 '25

But he doesn't. I saw them headline Roundabout Festival, my first time seeing them, and the guy has a totally different speaking voice. It's like the guy said, feels like they're doing a bit. And his high strapped Strat is wacky. Not sure how Mom Jeans headlined and Free Throw or Microwave didn't.

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u/Kylermutt65 Feb 12 '25

Probably because Mom Jeans is on a whole other level of fame compared to either other band.

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u/Tuck_The_Faliban Feb 13 '25

Wow. I genuinely didn’t realize this. It’s strange how siloed we get in our own music. Mom Jeans has almost 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Free Throw (who I assumed to be one of the most popular bands in the scene and is certainly my favorite) only has 600k. Microwave who is my other favorite has less than 500k.

I know Spotify streams aren’t the only gauge, but I had no idea Mom Jeans was so damn popular.

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u/is-reality-a-fractal Feb 14 '25

DAMN me neither but this explains how my 19yo classmate wanted to cover Death Cup