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❤️ THANK YOU 5TH WAVE EMO ❤️
GLASS BEACH TAUGHT ME TO BE TRANS AND NONBINARY
YOUR ARMS ARE MY COCOON TAUGHT ME TO YEARN
WILLY RODRIGUEZ TAUGHT ME TO BE A FURRY
WEATHERDAY TAUGHT ME TO BE TRANS AND NONBINARY
collab with @doyoulikethisemosong! some color palettes of some of our favorite albums :)
talk 2 me about emo music! :)
hopefully alone - septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou
july//23//2024// sumwhere in california
This is from September’s last show. SITOTIDTOY is my current favorite 5th wave emo band, super sad I never caught them live, and that they broke up. This is their most popular song but go check out their discography it’s super good. Some other of my favorites are: Will meet again, Girls I like math when I get confused I commit scuicide, I wrote a song but forgot, Gavin’s song, and infected with your lies.
Credit to A Harsh Tale on YouTube ^^
A Brief Explanation of the Waves of Emo
Emo is divided up into 5 waves (or sometimes just 4, because we're still early in 5th wave and it's very difficult to draw a distinction). Here's a quick explanation of each of them:
1st wave - 1984ish-1991 - Emotional hardcore/emocore. These bands are all still hardcore punk (or sometimes just barely post-hardcore), but with more focus on melody, and lyrics that tend to be about more personal topics ("i'm depressed and my girlfriend broke up with me" as opposed to punk's typical "capitalism fucking sucks you guys"). It originated in DC during the Revolution Summer. Most of the well known bands from this era are either from there or another part of the east coast.
2nd wave - 1992-2001 - Midwest emo, skramz, and the start of emo pop. This is when we see people inspired by emocore start to get further into the melodic side of things while keeping true to the confessional lyrics, creating the subgenre of midwest emo (named for the fact that the scene started in Illinois and then spread around the midwest). We also see screamo, or skramz, develop in San Diego and later parts of the east coast, heavily inspired by emocore and hardcore. The difference is that skramz bands, you guessed it, use a vocal style referred to as screaming (because that's... basically what it is). We also see the start of emo pop, whose origins are quite messy, but are considered part of the scene due to the confessional lyric style and similar punk influences.
3rd wave - 2002-2008 - Emo pop, post-hardcore, and metalcore influences. This is the scene most people think of when they hear 'emo'. The genre became mainstream, specifically the emo pop side. It grew less confessional and more produced as bands tried to appeal to wider audiences. Post-hardcore, a more experimental form of hardcore punk, also became very closely connected with the scene due to their shared origins and sound. Because metalcore was also getting popular around the same time, you can see its influence in many 3rd wave bands. This is where you'll see probably the most debate around which bands are and aren't emo. Skramz and Midwest were also still definitely being made but they were not very popular.
4th wave - 2009-2018ish - Midwest emo revival. This is a straightforward one. Emo pop-punk fell out of mainstream and more people started to move their focus back towards midwest emo, creating a revival movement. While for the most part the sound is incredibly similar to that of 2nd wave's midwest emo, it should be noted that many of these bands had more pop than punk influences.
5th wave - 2018ish-now - all of the genres. This is a very difficult genre to define. Midwest emo is still very, very prevelant, and you can hear at least a little of it in most popular 5th wave bands. Screamo is also gaining traction again. There's a lot more external influence, as we see genres like shoegaze and bedroom pop start to get incorporated into some bands.
your arms are my cocoon :3
i saw them live last week they were amazing!!
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