Penfold

Penfold were a four-piece emo/indie/post-hardcore band from North Jersey that formed somewhere between 1996 and 1997. Their sound is in the same vein as bands like The Promise Ring and Mineral, which are obvious staples for anyone interested in emo/indie in that era. Penfold's main active years came just after bands like that were at their peak, so in a way they sound like a culmination of what had been going on in emo throughout the 90's, and put it all together right around the turn of the century. Though Penfold never got the amount of attention the aforementioned bands did, they were arguably just as good and pumped out some classic songs such as "I'll Take You Everywhere" and "June". Though they're not genre-defining or revolutionary, they put out some amazing material in the time they were around. They broke up in 2003, though have played a handful of reunion shows throughout the years, so perhaps they're not completely done yet. Enjoy.

Your Eyes Have All The Answers (1997)

1. I'm Never Coming Home

2. Perfect

Amateurs And Professionals (1999)

1. June

2. M

3. I'll Take You Everywhere

4. Tuesday

5. Traveling Theory

6. Breathing Lessons

7. Amateur Standing

Chapter 3: The Moment Of Truth (1999)

3. Microchip

Our First Taste Of Escape (2001)

1. The Opportune Moment

2. Fate, Confidence And An Encounter

3. The Secret Nine

4. Human Drama

5. Sea Of Crisis

6. Our First Taste Of Escape

7. May I Have This Dance

8. The Sound of Jazz

9. Brilliance

10. Kissing The Nightmare

11. Reflexivity

12. Early Morning, Mauldin Street

Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ 09.17.11 (2011)

1. Intro/Chapter 2

2. Traveling Theory

3. Sea Of Crisis

4. M

5. The Sound Of Jazz

6. Fate, Confidence And An Encounter

7. The Secret Nine

8. Microchip

9. Brilliance

10. Kissing The Nightmare

11. Our First Taste Of Escape

12. Amateur Standing

13. Encore Break

14. June

15. Reflexivity

16. I'll Take You Everywhere

Note: This isn't an official release, just audio from one of the reunion shows, so thank you to whoever ripped and uploaded it

Drug Church

Drug Church are a five-piece hardcore/alternative rock band from Albany, New York that formed in 2011. They feature Patrick Kindlon of End Of A Year/Self Defense Family on vocals, and also share members with Push-Pit, as well as SDF. The band is currently signed to No Sleep Records. Hardcore plays a much more prominent role in their music than SDF, with chugging guitar parts with a sound big enough to recall bands such as Quicksand. Kindlon's spits words in his aggressive and dramatic voice, with a bit of a snarl added. Lyrically, they stay as socially aware and satirical as SDF, just with that hardcore/punk edge and bite emphasized. Overall, Drug Church are an incredibly solid band with numerous solid efforts already released, all of which are worth a listen. Thanks to Jacob Shumaker for the help with this one, and enjoy.

Demo (2011)

1. Visualize Latham

2. Scotia Snake God

3. Pro Attitude

Drug Church (2012)

1. Mohawk (ft. Jeremy of Touche Amore)

2. Northway

3. Latham Circle

4. Mohawk (ft. Chris of Cruel Hand)

Party At Dead Man's b/w Selling Drugs From Your Mom's Condo (2013)

1. Party At Dead Man's

2. Selling Drugs From Your Mom's Condo

Paul Walker (2013)

1. Thinking About Joining Drug Church

2. Reading YouTube Comments

3. Clifton Country

4. Shopping For A Belt

5. Donny's Woods

6. Learning To Speak British

7. Attending A Cousin's Birthday Party

8. Deconstructing Snapcase

9. Thrill Hill

10. Riding The Bus To Schenectady

Swell (2015)

1. But Does It Work?

2. Mall SWAT

3. Work-Shy

4. Ghost Dad

5. Zero Zero

Hit Your Head (2015)

1. Banco Popular

2. Alesiter

3. Aging Jerk

4. Bagged

5. Drunk Tank

6. Green Like Me

7. Park And Ride And Park And Ride

8. Hit Your Head, Greedy

9. Then Try

10. Big And Shitty

11. What

Cheer (2018)

1. Grubby

2. Strong References

3. Avoidarama

4. Dollar Story

5. Unlicensed Guidance Counselor

6. Weed Pin

7. Unlicensed Hall Monitor

8. Foam Pit

9. Conflict Minded

10. Tillary

Tawny (2021)

1. Head-Off

2. Tawny

3. Bliss Out

4. Remember To Forget

Hygiene (2022)

1. Fun's Over

2. Super Saturated

3. Plucked

4. Million Miles Of Fun

5. Detective Lieutenant

6. Tiresome

7. World Impact

8. Premium Offer

9. Piss & Quiet

10. Athlete On Bench

Prude (2024)

1. Mad Care

2. Myopic

3. Hey Listen

4. Demolition Man

5. Business Ethics

6. Slide 2 Me

7. Chow

8. The Bitters

9. Yankee Trails

10. Peer Review

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Free Throw

Free Throw are a five-piece emo/indie/punk band from Nashville, Tennessee that formed in 2012. These guys dropped their debut full-length album this year on Count Your Lucky Stars, and it is absolutely phenomenal. They can easily be compared to the plethora of modern twinkly/emo revival bands that seem to multiply by the daily. So when a band like Free Throw comes along, who fit into that niche, but simultaneously stand out so much in it, you know you're in for something good. They make masterful use of their vocals, which are often harmonised. They are also often very harsh, which is more akin to bands like Old Gray and Tiny Moving Parts, which is a nice contrast to their Snowing-esque instrumentation. They write insanely catchy songs, which sound very distinct from each other, and occasionally incorporate elements that lean on the border of sounding pop punk. If you're looking for new emo bands that aren't You Blew It! and friends, Free Throw are the exact band you need to be listening to.

Free Throw (2012)

1. A Wild Pidgey Appeared

2. Lvl. 2 Pidgey In A Masterball

3. My High

4. My Low

5. An Hour Pissed

6. Gersberms!

Lavender Town (2013)

1. Slam With The Best Or Jam With The Rest

2. Now Kith

3. Lavender Town

4. Pennsylvania Dutch

Free Throw/Grandview (2013)

1. Free Throw - Pallet Town

2. Grandview - Concrete

Those Days Are Gone (2014)

1. Such Luck

2. Two Beers In

3. Good Job, Champ

4. Tongue Tied

5. Pallet Town

6. An Hour Pissed

7. Kim Tastie

8. How I Got My Shrunken Head

9. Let's Get Invisible

10. What Day Is It, October?

11. Hey Ken, Someone Methodically Mushed The Donuts

Bear Your Mind (2017)

1. Open Window

2. Rinse. Repeat.

3. Randy, I Am The Liquor

4. Weight On My Chest

5. Hope Spot

6. Weak Tables

7. Andy And I, Uh...

8. Cal Ripken Jr. Johnson

9. Dead Reckoning

10. Better Have Burn Heal

11. Victory Road

What's Past Is Prologue (2019)

1. Smokes, Let's Go

2. Tail Whip, Struggle

3. The Corner's Dilemma

4. You Don't Say That

5. Stay Out Of The Basement

6. Anaconda Vice

7. Today Is Especially Delicious

8. The Fix Is In

9. Perfect Driftwood

10. Monte Luna

11. Cerulean City

12. What's Past Is Prologue

Piecing It Together (2021)

1. Cloud Sick

2. Worry Seed

3. The Grass Isn't Greener

4. Down & Out

5. Ocular Pat Down

6. Second Wind

7. Force Of Will

8. Dormancy

9. Trust Fall

10. Ghost In The Routine

11. Equilibrium

12. Dawn Of A New Day

Lessons That We Swear To Keep (2023)

1. A Part Is Better Than Zero

2. Spacer's Choice

3. Replacing Leene's Bell

4. The Museum Of Orphaned Concepts

5. So Yeah, So

6. Thanks For Asking

7. Into The Wind Stream

8. Joy Ephemeral

9. Cinnabar Island

10. Tips For Safe Travels

11. What Comes Around Is All Around

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Tiny Moving Parts

Tiny Moving Parts are a three-piece emo/screamo band from Moorhead, Minnesota which formed in 2008 when they were still in high school. The band consists of two brothers (bass/vocals and drums) and their cousin (guitar/vocals), I call that a fam jam (#cringeworthylilwaynejokes). Anyway, these guys blow me away. For a three-piece, their sound is so tight, and they have masterfully established themselves as one of the front runners in the modern emo/screamo scene, along with great bands such as Old Gray, Native, Grown Ups, and the Merchant Ships-related bands. The trade-off vocal parts, the bright and twinkly guitars, as well as the math rock-level technical bits of the bass and drums are some of the distinctive characteristics that comprise Tiny Moving Parts' sound. They are one of those bands that make you want to sing along and cry along to at the same time, you know? Basically one of the best kind of bands. The vocals can be super catchy, but with some emotionally hard-hitting lyrics relating to topics such as nostalgia. They just got signed to Triple Crown, and for a fucking good reason. Check out all of this stuff below, though the early things are from when they were in high school, so the quality of recording and such is questionable, but the later stuff is absolutely killer, both for the music and production value. Enjoy.

Waves Rise, Waves Recede, The Ocean Is Full Of Waves (2008)

1. The Poem

2. De La Exsorta

3. Me Vs. The Eohippus

4. The Mountain That Climbed Itself

5. Sfumato

6. The Accents From The Backwinds

7. The Sea That Drowned Itself

8. Searching For The Orang Pendek, With Biotite Eyes

9. Moving To Antarctica

sfumato ('08) (2008)

1. sfumato ('08)

Moving To Antarctica (2010)

1. For the Sake of Brevity

2. I Remember My First Bear P.1

3. I Remember My First Bear P.2

4. Weather Too Unbearable For Bear To Bare

5. You Have No Idea How High I Can Fly

6. I Don't Care, Larry Bird?

7. We Don't Cross Fingers

8. I'll Sum This Up

Birdhouse Sessions (2011)

1. We Don't Cross Fingers... LIVE

2. I'll Sum This Up LIVE

De La Exsorta (Single) (2011)

1. De La Exsorta

The Dan Martin Split (2011)

1. I'd Rather Soar With The Thought Of Birds Carrying Us Away

2. I'm Still Here, You're Still There

Old Maid/Coffee With Tom (2012)

1. Old Maid

2. Coffee With Tom

This Couch is Long & Full Of Friendship (2013)

1. Dakota

2. Along the Lakeside

3. Grayscale

4. Vacation Bible School

5. Clouds Above My Head

6. I

7. Waterbed

8. Amateur Night

9. II

10. John P.

Old Gray/Tiny Moving Parts (2014)

1. Old Gray - Clip Your Own Wings

2. Old Gray - An Epitaph

3. Tiny Moving Parts - Swimming Lessons

4. Tiny Moving Parts - Fair Trade

Pleasant Living (2014)

1. Sundress

2. Always Focused

3. Fourth Of July

4. I Hope Things Go The Way I Hope

5. Whiskey Waters

6. Movies

7. The Better Days

8. Boxcar

9. Spring Fever

10. Entrances & Exits

11. Skinny Veins

12. Van Beers

Celebrate (2016)

1. Good Enough

2. Happy Birthday

3. Birdhouse

4. Headache

5. Common Cold

6. Stay Warm

7. Breathe Deep

8. Volumes

9. Minnesota

10. Minnow

Swell (2018)

1. Applause

2. Smooth It Out

3. Feel Alive

4. Caution

5. Wildfire

6. Whale Watching

7. It's Too Cold Tonight

8. Malfunction

9. Wishbone

10. Warm Hand Splash

breathe (2019)

1. The Midwest Sky

2. Light Bulb

3. Medicine

4. Icicles (Morning Glow)

5. Vertabrae

6. Polar Bear

7. Bloody Nose

8. Soft Spot

9. I Can't Shake

10. Hallmark

Tiny Moving Parts (2022)

1. Decibel

2. North Shore

3. Demons Are Taking Over

4. Tangled Up

5. Jotting Notes

6. Downhill Spiral

7. All My Guts

8. Day Drunk

9. Bad Trip

10. 12345

Deep In The Blue (2024)

1. Before I Go

2. Deep In The Blue

3. Dizzy

4. Listen To Your Favorite Songs

5. Time Frame

6. I'll Be There

7. Paul Bunyan's Theme Song

8. The Cure (But Not Really)

9. Breeze In July

10. Waterbed Pt. 2

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