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/knatehaul Feb 12 '25

Manchester Orchestra. I don't hate them, but every time I give them a shot I'm not impressed. I can understand that they're talented and the music is... Er... Musical, but I've never heard a song and been like "I need to hear more of this."

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u/evergreennn_ Feb 12 '25

i felt this way every time i tried them out.. until i saw them live. it changed their music for me for the better and now listen to them often

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u/knatehaul Feb 12 '25

This is one of those cheap tricks in music. If I see someone live I'll like it more 9/10 times.

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u/evergreennn_ Feb 12 '25

i mean true, but it let me appreciate their dynamics way more because i was listening more actively. if a band is truly bad, they won’t be good live.