Emo Album reviews - Page 2

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Louder Now

Taking Back Sunday

Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now 8.0

Album review

Emo
Post-Hardcore
Punk rock
Rock
Taking Back Sunday make an unusually strong entrance on Louder Now. What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost? begins with a clipped…

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

Paramore - Brand New Eyes 8.8

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Paramore spend much of Brand New Eyes trying to make difficult feelings impossible to avoid. The guitars sound tense, Hayley…

Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs 8.8

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs has a reassuringly unpleasant title. Alkaline Trio haven't become a particularly cheerful band, but the…

No Joy

Spanish Love Songs

Spanish Love Songs - No Joy 8.6

Album review

Emo
Indie
Punk rock
Rock
The title No Joy sets up a harsher experience than Spanish Love Songs actually deliver. Their writing still has plenty of dread…

Mayday Parade

Mayday Parade

Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade 8.0

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
“Oh Well, Oh Well” lets Mayday Parade take their time before showing their full strength. Piano and strings leave Derek Sanders…

Never Hungover Again

Joyce Manor

Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again 8.8

Album review

Emo
Indie
Punk rock
Rock
Nineteen minutes can hold a surprising amount of indecision. Never Hungover Again races through ten songs, but Joyce Manor keep…

From Under the Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree 8.4

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
The bass line in Dance, Dance gives Fall Out Boy a useful place to start: a strong rhythm, a little space and a singer who can…

Riot!

Paramore

Paramore - Riot! 8.4

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Hayley Williams gives Riot! a voice that can move from a sharp accusation to an open, soaring melody without losing its character…

From Here to Infirmary

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary 8.1

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Alkaline Trio have a useful gift for making a terrible situation sound almost inviting. From Here to Infirmary is full of…

The Used

The Used

The Used - The Used 8.6

Album review

Emo
Post-Hardcore
Punk rock
Rock
Bert McCracken gives The Used's debut a voice that rarely seems comfortable inside one kind of song. He can scream with…

Clarity

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity 9.2

Album review

Emo
Indie
Rock
Clarity begins quietly enough to make you lean towards it. An organ tone, measured drums and the gradual arrival of voices give…

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Indie
Rock
The opening guitar attack on Bleed American is a useful reminder that Jimmy Eat World can sound anxious as well as reassuring. Jim…

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