Tag: emocore

  • Looming – Seed

    Looming – Seed

    It’s only upon starting to listen to Seed that one realizes a female singer fronting an emo band is such a rarity. Why is that? In many ways, it could be argued that the music is tailor-made for a female sensibility (women learn to be in better touch with their emotions and can definitely articulate them…

  • Muskets – Chew LP

    Muskets – Chew LP

    As bands like Able Baker Fox, Into It. Over It., Citizen and Tiger’s Jaw have emerged (or reappeared, in some cases), the resurgence of emo has become a discussion point, but longtime fans have been very, very careful about getting on board with it to this point. A lot of that has to do with…

  • Able Baker Fox – Visions LP

    Able Baker Fox – Visions LP

    The first thing that Visions, Able Baker Fox’s first album in ten years, proves is that even if a type of music has fallen from popular fashion in recent years, it can still re-emerge sounding both fantastic and timely if there’s passion powering it. Right off, as soon as “Purple Mountains” kicks the doors open…