Another deep dive in 90's "emo".

INSTIL / GRAY BEFORE MY EYES - GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (1997)
track star records

And in the end it did risk being forgotten! Instil were the pre You and I band (which some of you may know), and they will provide you some really emotional screamo full of choruses, in the vein of the bands they anticipated, mainly I Have Dreams or The Kodan Armada. Really good stuff.

Grey Before my Eyes are more on the early Unwound style, emotional still not emo. I could even make Unbroken's name, maybe. Raging post hc, the kind of stuff that wakes you up in the early morning.

MILKWEDE - MILKWEDE 7" (1995)

Not on label

There's nearly anything on the web on Milkwede. I know they were from Lancester. They are kind of a point of meeting between Rites of Spring and something like Discharge.

DOWNLOAD INSTIL+GBME+MILKWEDE

ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION - 421 WYTHE AVENUE (2009)
ponyrec

Something very beautiful between Carissa's Wierd and some ambientish indie, something relaxing and therefore universally enjoyable for all you human beings.

DLD. untip the phrase before clicking the download

CRASH OF RHINOS - KNOTS (2013)

Learning to be Mineral is not so easy as it might seem.

Two guitars, two basses, some drums and many voices. And some feelings too.

MORE "SIMPLE" THAN DISTAL I HAVE TO SAY

a deep dive into the 90's emo underground today.

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NOTAWORD - YOU CAN ONLY GROW SO MUCH (1999)

A rare, rare record. And a remarkable one too, no joke. Something to say could be: Get Up Kids.
"No one does this kind of thing anymore."
The link you find here is the only one on the net, so tresure it.

Label: Box Elder.

SIMPLY AN EMOPOP GEM.

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SEA OF CORTEZ

Here, here there's a great deal. It was very hard, but I managed to find this at last. Sea of Cortez was a screamo band from arizona (now overnamed), one of those really difficult to share. They are now TOTALLY forgotten. I upped them, and I believe you can't find them anywhere but here. Indebted to early Unwound. Frantic drumming, and the tracks are so various in their structure it's almost unbelievable.
I added a track (their masterpiece imo) which was on a comp, this one in particular is very very rare and precious..

AGE OF ANXIETY (1998) Label: Voice of the Sky

INTERMISSION EP (2000/2001 ?) Label: ?

There's no pic on the net. So, take it as it is. Extremely rare :)

+ rarest track "it can't be hard to fly a plane, lots of people do it"

A FORGOTTEN TREASURE

I am sorry for the gap in the blog's activity, but I have to thank my exams for that. I put 2 posts to be (hopefully) forgiven.

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MATT ELLIOTT - DRINKING SONGS (2005)

Overdramatic folkish alcohol. 

After The Third Eye Foundation Bristol's most desperate man tries to convey what he feels on a record.

Painful and dry.

HERE'S THE SPLEEN

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ELLERY JAMES ROBERTS - KEROU'S LAMENT (2013)

After Wu Lyf split (does even somebody remember them?) the singer -he has a fantastic voice, believe me- begun writing tunes. This is his first one. I'm in serious trouble tagging this one, really.

IT'S A SINGLE SONG SO GIVE IT A TRY.

If you appreciate this it's better for you to know
you can obtain Wu Lyf's first and only album on this blog.
Strongly recommended.

RIKA - HOW TO DRAW A RIVER, STEP BY STEP (2013)

The kind of Empire! Empire! sadstyle, mixed with classic instruments

and a voice not so emotional (it's nearly impossible.)

but God, this has atmosphere, really it does.

A BUNCH OF '10s SONGS. JUST FOR FUN.

IAMTHEMORNING - ~ (2012)

Dalla Russia un ottimo disco folk-neoclassico-progrock-musica da camera. Eleganza e una bellissima donna che canta.

Some Folkish neo classical prog from Russia.

Pop influences are also present and the listening is fresh, both demanding and immediatly rewarding.

THE FUCKING SEA

THE NEW YEAR - THE END IS NEAR (2004)

I Bedhead vanno a letto coi R.E.M. e il figlio è più bello, e più triste.

The dusty flavour of some R.E.M. or Bedhead... you all can feel it. Drummer from Codeine.

TELL ME IF IT GOES DOWN

 



THE APPLESEED CAST - ILLUMINATION RITUAL (2013)

IT'SFUCKINGOUT. OH MY...

WILD CUB - YOUTH

JUST INDIE POP. GOOD THOUGH.

CITY OF CATERPILLAR - CITY OF CATERPILLAR (2002)

The first post screamo record ever. The best so far maybe. Several years before the second.

Massive build ups, god-like musicianship.

Their only album. Cult.

NOT MY USUAL EMERGING BAND. A TRUE PIECE OF HISTORY TODAY. VINYL QUOTED TO €450+ IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

ALGERNON CADWALLADER - SOME KIND OF CADWALLADER (2008)

KINSELLA-ESQUE KIND OF CAP N JAZZ ACOLYTES: 5/5



VASUDEVA - ROOTS OF THE TREE EP (2011)



Roba splendida, musicisti pazzeschi e in stato di grazia. Un ascolto gratuito, legale, stimolante ma rilassante.

Free Download of Free Delight. Check this out, math indie without ANY of the bad aspects you could imagine an average band would have. Serious. I know it's unbelievable.

FRESHNESS AVAILABLE

LOW



Uno dei miei gruppi preferiti, da sempre. Genere: Slowcore/alt rock. Songwriting eccelso.

Vi regalo 3 album, perchè son generoso e voi almeno uno lo scaricate. I Could Live in Hope è il classicone, uno dei dischi cardine del genere, se dovete sceglierne uno prendete questo, se invece ce l'avete già e state ancora leggendo c'è Trust, particolare nella loro discografia per le atmosfere un pò più oscure, e l'ultimo C'mon, che è un ritorno in impennata, fantastico, bellissimo. Oggettivamente, non ascoltatemi.

From Duluth, with sadness. Low (pronunciation: LOVE :) ) are one of the most important bands of the slowcore genre, and their classic I Could Live in Hope waits under here, ready to be heard.

I decided to put +2 albums becouse I'm a relatively good person. Trust is one of their gloomiest and still one of their best. (the truth is I couldn't find Things I Lost in the Fire, but TRUST ME).

Last but not least, C'mon is a great comeback, the album works really good and nearly all the pieces are amazing. I think I spent half an hour doing all this, I'm pretty ashamed of myself...

I COULD LIVE IN HOPE - 1994

A CLASSIC./IMPRESCINDIBILE(ODIOQUESTAPAROLASORRY)

TRUST - 2002

 

THE DARKEST HERE. AT YOUR RISK

C'MON - 2011

YOU WILL LIKE THIS SO MUCH



CRYWANK - JAMES IS GONNA DIE SOON (2010)

Un album acustico scritto di getto da uno che è appensa stato mollato. I presupposti per una merda ci sono tutti. E invece...

I'm totally into acoustic stuff. This is a very angry record, but the songs are extremely beautiful.

Not so sad as you may think

A LITTLE MORE



Before you ask, he's a boy



THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS - AMONGST THESE SPLINTERED MINDS//LEADEN THOUGHTS SING SOFTLY (2012)

Stavo disperatamente cercando di regalarvi gli Appleseed Cast, ma pare sia una sfida troppo grande per me. Beccatevi questo folk orchestrale/distorto/archi/fiati/female che andrà bene lo stesso. Malinconico.

You'll have to go to another blog to find The Appleseed Cast's The End of The Ring Wars. I couldn't do it. But here's a fantastic acoulectric folk ensemble from ny, with both male/female vocals, trumpets, bassoon, violin, that kind of melancholic shit...

*DON'T* ESTIMATE THEM AS WORTHLESS. PLEASE.

CITY AND COLOUR - SOMETIMES (2005)

  
Progetto solista di Dallas Green degli Alexisonfire. Nulla a che fare con questi ultimi, qui avete una prova di cantautorato pop da sbavarci davvero dietro. Lo ascolterete tanto.

Dallas = City, Green = Colour

Dallas Green went solo with this amazing, amazing record you should really dig out.

Mainly guitar and voice, extremely lovely.

"YOUR SILENCE STILL RINGS SO CLEAR..."

OWLS - OWLS (2001)

"Regalo" di un amico sfigatissimo. Twinkle Indie fatto davvero come si deve, gran coordinazione, bella voce e soprattutto beibeibei pezzi, yo.

Somebody who do know how to play indie, finally. 

Emo here too. ("you don't say??")

Great guitarwork (Kinsella) but you probably already know that...

MDFR'SWTCHNGU 



these owls could stain the roof..



THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - HOMETOWNS (2009)

Fighettinata indie, molto godibile, se vi piace il genere. Disimpegnato.



Poppy indie. Really fast and nice. Supports several listens.

INCREDIBLY FROM TORONTO

SIRS - SIRS EP (2012)

Sul Serio Un Gran Gruppo, sconclusionato e apparentemente caotico come piace a me. Poi ad ascoltarli ci mettete un secondo davvero.

Just think of when you'll be able to find another post with both "screamo" and "pop" as tags.

Sounds great for me.

YES I KNOW THE COVER IS SHITTY



Fun in the pub:)