SubjectiveEmoArchivist

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What is Subjective Emo Archivist?

Hello! This blog is pretty much just a place for me to compile all of my favorite emo artists to have them all in one place, mainly since many bands aren't available on all the same platforms. With each entry I'll put a short description of the band/what I like or find interesting about them, my favorite release of theirs, and then my top 3 songs.

"Emo"

Emo has branched out a lot since it's origination, and therefore a lot of very different genres can be classified as emo. This blog will mainly focus on the earlier hardcore emo, screamo, skramz, midwest emo, bedroom emo, and emo adjacent indie or metalcore. Of course genres are subjective and go by a lot of different names but generally I don't listen to much pop punk or mall emo so those bands will likely not be featured on this blog.

Reach Out!

I love music so much!! If you have any reccomendations, want to talk about any of the bands I post about, or anything else music related, please feel free! As mentioned before this blog is mainly for my own collecting but I'd love to build community as well!

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Glocca Morra

Glocca Morra was a Florida-born indie rock/emo band active from 2007-2015. In their time they released 2 albums, 2 splits, and a handful of EPs. The band started as a 3 piece and went through many lineups, however to my knowledge to original three stayed with the project through the end. Guitarist Nate Dionne of the band Snowing joined in 2010 for the EP Ghoul Intentions, and original member Zack Schwartz has a solo project called Spirit of the Beehive.

Favorite Releases:

1. Just Married

2. Museum Mouth EP

3. An Obscure Moon Lighting An Obscure World

Favorite Tracks:

1. Me + Genine

2. Ender All

3. Ya'll Boots Hats

4. Be Afraid

5. Kasper Hauser Lied

Glocca Morra is my personal favorite emo band, I find the blend of rock and emo guitar styles to be really fun and the songwriting is rarely disappointing. In my opinion, everything before their 2015 split is fantastic and very cohesive. Their first album Working Bones, A Health Decline features synth, unlike the rest of their discography, but their eventual style is still very recognizable. Glocca Morra's 2011 EP Ghoul Intentions strays from their usual sound a bit, but it's still worth a listen, although I don't like it as much as the rest of their pre-2015 music. Their magnum opus is undoubtedly their second album Just Married, and I would highly suggest listening to it start to finish as none of the songs miss.

Fun fact: the man on the album cover for Just Married is Andy Clarke, the person who mastered all of Glocca Morra's releases. Supposedly the photo was taken at a New Year's party at Andy's house after he arrived late, threw on a suit, and made everyone countdown again

If you want to learn their songs I highly recommend looking up Sean Colvin on YouTube, he's figured out fantastic versions of many of them by ear and has made the rest of our lives so much easier. There's also a lot of really cool early live footage of them out there.