Sophie's Floorboard: August 2023

Sunday, 20 August 2023

Silver Scooter

Silver Scooter were an emo/indie band from Austin, Texas that formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2001. For most of their duration they were active a three-piece, but added a second guitarist before their final album. They released three full-lengths, a few EP's, and two splits, one of which was with Cursive. This band brought a strong sense of pop sensibility to the their midwest emo-influenced sound, with clean, melancholic guitars, winding bass lines and loud/quiet dynamics. That vocals especially were very poppy with sticky sweet melodies. Songs like "Pumpkin Eyes" could have even been alt rock radio hits if given a bit more exposure. If you're looking for a place to start with this band, their earlier material leans a little more raw, which includes The Other Palm Springs and the Cursive split, my personal favourite releases by them. By the time you get The Blue Law, they had gravitated away from the distorted emo and leaned into a clean, reverby sound, with acoustic guitars and synths being incorporated in a borderline dream pop soundscape. Enjoy.

Cup And String (1996)

1. Cup And String

2. Whatever Happened To Me

Biting My Nails (1996)

1. Biting My Nails

2. Come Around

3. Returning

1353 (1996)

1. Ball Of Yarn

2. Long Fence

3. Allergic To Love (Eric's Trip cover)

The Other Palm Springs (1997)

1. Tractor Pull

2. Regret Sets In

3. Good Man Down

4. Riverbed

5. Catching Fish

6. Pumpkin Eyes

7. Beating

8. Long Fence

9. Clarkston, WA

10. Solid Glass

11. 10 PM On Saturday Night

12. Pretty When We Land

13. Brain & Heart

14. Intruder Inside

A Tribute To The Phone Calls (1998)

1. Tribute To The Phone Calls

2. In Between Days (The Cure cover)

Silver Scooter/Cursive (1998)

1. Silver Scooter - Sunlight

2. Silver Scooter - Bob's BBQ

3. Silver Scooter - D.

4. Silver Scooter - Holding The Flare

5. Cursive - Returns And Exchange

6. Cursive - Pulse

7. Cursive - Tides Rush In

Tiara/Silver Scooter (1998)

1. Tiara - Swingset

2. Silver Scooter - Morning View

Orleans Parish (1999)

1. Tribute To The Phone Calls

2. Sleight Of Hand

3. Should've Stayed

4. Cancer & Wide-Eyed Looks

5. New Orleans

6. Deliver Me Driver

7. So Long

8. If Nonsense Only Knew

9. Sand Dollar Relief

10. Dinosaurs

11. Cup & String

12. Morning View

Goodbye EP (2000)

1. Goodbye

2. Amateur Actors

3. It's Not Real

4. Run (New Order cover)

The Blue Law (2001)

1. Goodbye

2. Blue Law

3. Albert Hall

4. The Long Way

5. Black Stars

6. Dirty Little Bar

7. Terrorism Lover

8. The Lonely Singer

9. Remembering

10. On The Mark

11. Voice Of Authority

12. Crash

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Get Fucked

Get Fucked were a short-lived five-piece hardcore/screamo project based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They only released one album, a self-titled record in 2004 via Level Plane Records. This project comprised of members from a ton of other notable bands, including Welcome The Plague Year, Neil Perry, Lickgoldensky, Tornado Of Knives, and more. Sonically, this is insanely noisy, dissonant hardcore played at an assaulting volume. It's a solid yet overlooked entry in the Level Plane roster, and is definitely worth giving a shot, particularly if you're a fan of Das Oath or pg.99, as a loose point of reference. Enjoy.

Get Fucked (2004)

1. Inside The 8lb. Dorm Fire

2. Recipe For Patio Pieces

3. Exciting Irish Nativity

4. Horticulture; Nature's Alien

5. Installation Frenzy

6. Tires, Tires, Globally

7. It's A Petites And Juniors

8. Spactacular Action

Saturday, 19 August 2023

Growing Fins

Growing Fins are a four-piece emo band from Toronto, Ontario that formed in 2015. Thus far, they've released two fantastic EP's, with their most recent being a self-titled release that came out in the summer of 2021. This band plays an energetic, heavily math rock-inspired style of midwest emo, with some frenzied fretwork and some gruff yet melodic vocals that often push into screamo territory. If you're a fan of bands including Gulfer, Macseal, You Blew It!, Tiny Moving Parts, or 1994! you should absolutely check out Growing Fins. Their self-titled EP in particular is incredible, and the rambunctious opener "Ogilvie" and epic finale of "...and then I hotboxed my washroom." are worth the price of admission alone. Enjoy.