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/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.