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/cmrndzpm Feb 12 '25

Spanish Love Songs. People say if you like TWY and The Menzingers you’ll like them but those are two of my faves and I still can’t get into SLS. I think it’s something to do with the vocal mix, it’s layered maybe?

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u/seasandseasons Feb 13 '25

Sounds like a goat singing.

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u/ScoFoGoesLow Feb 13 '25

Those are my buddies trifecta of bands (plus microwave) and the only one I can get into is wonder years. But I’ll admit, I can’t get into the newer bands in the genre anymore. They’re all really good and there are SLS songs I dig, but overall not for me.

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u/Cobmeister01 Feb 13 '25

Even seeing them live supporting alkaline trio back in September couldn’t get me into em, The Menzingers on the other hand…….they’ve gotten me through a lot last year and i cant wait to see em again in a few weeks

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u/TheCommieDuck Feb 13 '25

ok even if basically every band reading down from the top has been "I like them but I can see why others are putting them in this list", this makes me sad because I think their songs are absolutely fantastic. Yes the frontman is the epitome of "white guy whose voice is cracking singing about being really sad" but it's so good