The Reptilian

The Reptilian are a three-piece post-hardcore/screamo band from Kalamazoo, Michigan that formed in 2008. In terms of sound, they play an intricate brand of screamo that takes a lot of cues from Midwestern emo, with the twinkly, reverb-heavy guitar sounds and such. Throw in some complex drum patterns and shouted vocals, and The Reptilian make for a very interesting listen. These guys are incredible musicians with a solid amount of output in the past few years, so there's no shortage of awesome here. I'd recommend Full Health if you're new to them, because that thing is full of phenomenal songs. Enjoy.

Lautrec/The Reptilian/Boy Problems/Osceola (2008)

1. Lautrec - Taylor's Tent

2. The Reptilian - The One Thing I Could Never Stomach About Santa Carla Is All The Damn Vampires

3. Boy Problems - I Swallowed A Bug

4. Osceola - Don't Tase Me Bro

5. Lautrec - Pushin' For Cushion

6. The Reptilian - Untitled

7. Boy Problems - Good Grief

8. Osceola - Malax

We Have Become (2008)

1. The One Thing I Could Never Stomach About Santa Carla Was All The Damn Vampires

2. I Sure Hope Ving Rhames Isn't In This One

3. Neptune Or Mars...Or Neptune

4. Lets Slip Away Under Cover Of Afternoon In The Biggest Car In The County

Boys' Life (2009)

1. I'll Ram My Ovopositor Down Your Throat and Lay Eggs in Your Chest But, I'm Not an Alien

2. So... What Are My Torso Options?

3. Wallkicks Will Work

4. I Can't Drink This, It's Warm!

Unreleased Tracks (2009)

1. Dave Matthews Band Live

2. James Franco: Stoner Of The Year

3. Manaburn

Full Health (2010)

1. Pretty Big Doses

2. Dungeons & Drag Queens

3. Bulls On Patron

4. Peyote Ugly

5. Roman Sideburns

6. 200% Sweater

7. Aerosmith Kids

Jowls/The Reptilian (2011)

1. Jowls - Russ

2. Jowls - Dan

3. Jowls - Jon

4. The Reptilian - Jeff 

5. The Reptilian - Ryan

Annabel/Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)/Joie De Vivre/The Reptilian - Count Your Lucky Stars 4-Way Split (2011)

1. Annabel - Decisions, Decisions

2. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - The Horror of Riovanes

3.  Joie De Vivre - Vicodin Lite

4. The Reptilian - Eddie's Lane

The Reptilian/Innards (2011)

1. The Reptilian - Gold Blooded

2. The Reptilian - Old Blooded

3. Innards - Goro

4. Innards - No Money, More Problems

Low Health (2013)

1. Pan (Sucks)

2. University Of The Indian In The Cupboard

3. Chimney Wizard

4. Sam Haircut

5. Thousand Year Lease

6. The Paseo

7. Keif Puck

8. DK Mode

9. Cooler By The Lake

10. Underwater Kiss Makeup

The Reptilian/Two Knights/Victor Shores/Boy Parts (2015)

1. The Reptilian - nahimastay

2. Two Knights - Dazzler

3. Victor Shores - Not Yeti

4. Boy Parts - Live a Long Time and Take Care of Yourself

End Paths (2016)

1. Drifter

2. No Path

3. Sad Ghost

4. Fold And Follow

5. Old Growth

6. Arm's Length

7. Wrong Pattern

8. Turn And Coil

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Hightide Hotel

Hightide Hotel are a three-piece emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They formed in 2008 and are supposed to have broke up two years ago, but not until they finished and released their last album, which just came out on Count Your Lucky Stars. They are, in my opinion, one of the best emo/twinkly/math rock bands to come out of the past few years. Porch Luck is absolutely perfect, and their first album Nothing Was Missing, Except Me is also astounding. Their new, second album, Naturally, is definitely going to up there as well, based on a few listens so far. They had a different drummer/singer on their first two releases before switching to their current line-up on their first LP. Some of their members also play in Olive Drab, which shares members with THE band, Snowing. Here's Hightide Hotel's complete discography, enjoy.

Porch Luck (2008)

1. The Tender And The Terrible

2. I Know What The Word Gone Means

3. Open Your Eyes And Stare

4. Porch Luck

Secret Somethings (2009)

1. Wordsearch

2. Apartment Buildings (Acoustic)

3. Secret Somethings

4. Porch Luck (Acoustic)

By Surprise/Hightide Hotel (2009)

1. Hightide Hotel - Shuttle

2. Hightide Hotel - Elementary Biology

3. Hightide Hotel - Apartment Buildings

4. By Surprise - Invisible Ink

5. By Surprise - CB Radio

6. By Surprise - I Miss You etc.

Nothing Was Missing, Except Me (2010)

1. I'm Just Sippin' On Monster, Thinkin' About Life

2. Childish

3. Life Is Precious, And God, And The Bible

4. Where's Walden?

5. Weekends

6. I Know What The Word Gone Means

7. Be My Lobster

8. She Dreams Of Melting Rocks

9. Morning Mutes

10. Sometimes What Ends Doesn't

Secret Somethings: Vol. 2 (2011)

1. Intro

2. Ballad

3. Ultimatum

4. Hollow

5. Your Bed

6. My Bed

7. Hospital Green

8. Malice

9. Closer

10. Intro

Secret Somethings: Vol. 3 (2012)

1. Spring Cleaning

2. Secret Something

3. Kicked Off Bed Island

4. Fuck All These Documents

5. J.E. III

6. I Know What The Word Dead Means

7. The Tender And The Terrible (Live)

8. Be My Lobster (Live)

9. Closer (Live)

10. Wordsearch (Darien St. Version)

Dikembe/Hightide Hotel/Jet Set Sail/Monument (2013)

1. Dikembe - Donuts In A Six Speed

2. Hightide Hotel - Built To Last

3. Jet Set Sail - Strickland North

4. Monument - Sophisticated Liars

Naturally (2014)

1. Hello Cruel World

2. Basement Warfare

3. Henry

4. Vertigo Chamber

5. Dandelion

6. Cosmos

7. An Absence Felt

8. Apollo Silent Groove

9. Don't Need

10. Naturally

11. Sigh

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