CityCop

CityCop are a four-piece band from Ashtabula/Akron, Ohio, that formed in 2010. They are probably the most prominent (and maybe only) acoustic screamo band around. Yes, you read that right. Acoustic screamo. All the drum blasts and frantic guitars are still present, just done on an acoustic guitar instead. As you can imagine, it's a unique sound. The vocals are as one would expect from a modern screamo band, and CityCop find their sound fitting in with bands like The Saddest Landscape and Old Gray. However, CityCop certainly have some elements that differentiate them. For one, the vocals are sometimes sung, and sometimes spoken (in a Listener sort of way). The guitars also include some math rock-esque parts, often getting intricate in addition to melodic. In their short time, they've evolved a lot, and have become an incredibly solid and commendable force within their genre. Any fan of modern screamo or post-hardcore must have heard of them by now, since their name has been thrown around for so long, but only recently have they been getting a lot of attention very quickly, and for good reason. This is a band that I'm sure a ton of people who frequent this site would like, so do check them out. Enjoy.

The Hope In Forgiving & Giving Up Hope (2011)

1. X

2. Ode to Bula/Flight Lessons

3. Free Bird Part II

4. Humanity Is Sinking

5. Hink Hall

6. Go West

7. Transgressions

8. Hold Onto Your Seat, Syanne

9. White Roses

10. Street Kings

Seasons (2011)

1. Bluebird

2. Spring

3. Summer

4. Fall

5. Winter

CityCop/Les Doux (2013)

1. CityCop - Family Ties

2. CityCop - The Rain Song

3. CityCop - Hospital Beds

4. Les Doux - Silver Creek

5. Les Doux - Kingsbridge Blues

6. Les Doux - Stomaching Loss

Loner (2014)

1. This Is War, This Is Hell

2. Suburban Nightmare

3. Drench

4. Glass Bones

5. Fear and Self-Loathing in Ohio

The Same Stories That Never Get Old (2017)

1. The Golden Age of Concern

2. Ibuprofen

3. I Took The Ride

4. L'Ansia

5. I Could Have Stayed Longer

6. Soft Smile, Iron Teeth

7. Bad Trip

8. Homesick

9. Day of Rest

10. Cardinal

11. 526 Gage

Nesh (2019)

1. Nesh

2. Get Well

3. Hindsight

4. 20/20

5. Flatline

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Somos

Somos are a four-piece emo/punk band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2012. Their debut full-length, Temple Of Plenty, came out in 2014, and has immediately garnered a lot of attention. In the grand scheme of modern emo revival, there are always a few standouts that are above the average twinklefests that drop so constantly. Somos are one of these standouts, immediately making a splash in a scene where bands like You Blew It! and The Hotelier are already king. Their sound brings in elements of post-hardcore, post-rock, and indie to create a unique blend to their contemporary emo sound. Their songs are catchy and melodic, with some great lyrics to back them up. Their guitar work is varied, while the entire bands creates a driving force that give these songs such an energy. Thanks to Jacob Shumaker for the help with this post, and enjoy.

FFO: Polar Bear Club, Prawn, You Blew It!, The Hotelier, Nai Harvest

Demo 2012 (2012)

1. Daily Ritual

2. Embrace The Spare Change

3. Showed Up Late

4. The Strangest Example

Temple Of Plenty (2014)

1. Familiar Theme

2. Domestic

3. Dead Wrong

4. Lives Of Others

5. When You Pass

6. Strangest Example

7. Lifeline

8. Distorted Vision

9. Before You Merge

Somos/Sorority Noise (2014)

1. Somos - Letters From An Absent Future

2. Somos - Back And Forth

3. Sorority Noise - Dobranoc

4. Sorority Noise - Wesleyan's Best Dressed

Have Mercy/Somos (2015)

1. Have Mercy - Two Years (Acoustic)

2. Have Mercy - Somebody's Baby

3. Somos - Streets Upon Streets

4. Somos - Domestic (Acoustic)

First Day Back (2016)

1. Slow Walk To The Graveyard Shift

2. Violent Decline

3. Thorn In The Side

4. Problem Child

5. Reminded/Weighed Down

6. Days Here Are Long

7. Room Full Of People

8. You Won't Stay

9. Alright, I'll Wait

10. Bitter Medicine

11. Lifted From The Current

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Sore Eyelids

Sore Eyelids are a three-piece indie/punk/shoegaze band from Stockholm, Sweden. The band is known for sharing members with Suis La Lune, though their sounds are quite different. The beautifully melodic guitar tone is still present, though with a heavy shoegaze influence. There's a ton of reverb and distortion to create mass walls of sound, which is kind of a hybrid of punk and shoegaze. The energy of these songs is high, with each dripping in emotional catharsis courtesy of some pounding drums and frantic guitars with constant whammy dives.These are entwined with some quieter, melancholic parts, which seem to come in as fast as they go out. Each song is a frenzy of motion, spastically switching from one part to another, making for a gripping listen. The vocals are also sung in a deeper voice, and tend to stay low in the mix, droning with sorrow. This is band to check out if you're into the classics, such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Dinosaur Jr., The Pine (who they take their name from), etc., or modern bands like Suis La Lune, Pity Sex, Cloakroom. Enjoy.

Sore Eyelids (2009)

1. Last Time

2. Can't Breath

3. Still, I'm Here

4. Whenever We Meet

5. Carpi 2007

Sore Eyelids (2012)

1. I Wish I Could Believin' You

2. Can't Breathe

3. Over

4. Heart Like A Wishing Well

5. What's Left For Us Now?

6. Still, I'm Here

7. Du Har Glömt Mej

8. 365 Days Of Nothing

9. Carpi 2007

10. Depending On

Trachimbrod/Sore Eyelids (2013)

1. Trachimbrod - I Am Jack's Wasted Life

2. Trachimbrod - Erect, Eyes Closed

3. Sore Eyelids - Next To Nothing

4. Sore Eyelids - Dissolve

For Now (2014)

1. Remain

2. Leaving

3. Apart

4. Waste

5. For Now

6. En Plats i Ditt Hjarta

Sore Eyelids/факел (2017)

1. Sore Eyelids - What If...

2. Sore Eyelids - Stay Silent

3. факел - npecc

4. факел - трепет

Avoiding Life (2019)

1. half gone

2. isolation

3. everything's a waste

4. i'm not there

5. act alive

6. a void in life

7. thought patterns

8. i thought i was doing fine

9. everyone disappoints

10. tilda

11. the hurt you do

12. clouded

13. no words left

14. nothing was ever fine

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Pentimento

Pentimento are a punk rock quartet from Buffalo, NY, formed in 2011. Since their formation, they've released nothing but solid material and I've been a huge fan from day one. Their catchy tunes, melodic riffs, and emotional lyrics are enough to captivate any fan of the genre. You guys have been asking for this, and I'm happy to finally give it to you all. So here it is, enjoy!

FFO: You Blew It!, Basement, Daylight/Superheaven, Citizen, Turnover, old Jimmy Eat World

Wrecked (2011)

1. Rules Of Attraction

2. Walking Calmly In Your Wake

3. Words With Friends

4. Everything's Eventual

5. Maybe, Just Maybe

6. Isn't It Obvious?

Split w/ Young English (2011)

1. L'Espirit De Escalar (The Stairs)

2. No Apology

3. The Bridge

4. Places You Have Come To Fear The Most

5. Young English - Woke Up Under Water

6. Young English - Old Wives Tale

7. Young English - So Long, Connecticut

8. Young English - Tonight, Tonight

Pentimento (2012)

1. Unless

2. Circles

3. Conscience (Consequence)

4. The Wind

5. No One Lets You Know

6. Days Away

7. The Bridge (acoustic)

8. Almost Atlantic

9. Subtle Words

10. For Winter

11. On Summer

Inside The Sea (2013)

1. Not So Young

2. Just Friends

3. Any Minute Now...

4. It's Okay

Fest 12 Split (2013)

1. Dikembe - I Watch A Lot Of Jackie Chan Movies (acoustic)

2. The Hotel Year - Settle The Scar

3. Modern Baseball - Voting Early

4. Old Gray - The Foxes Begin To Starve

5. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - The Hour Of Pearl

6. Pentimento - It Happens To The Best Of Us

I, No Longer (2015)

1. Small Talk For Strangers

2. My Solution Is In The Lake

3. Sink Or Swim

4. Clever Reason

5. Stuck Forever

6. Got My Answer

7. Again

8. Gateway

9. Tiger Eye

10. Slow But Sure

11. No Matter What

12. Tell Me

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Posture & The Grizzly

Posture & The Grizzly are the sound of 20-something living, of empty Pabst cans and emptier bank accounts. The band's unique concoction is 40% Snowing, 21% The Front Bottoms, 19% blink-182, 12% The Hotelier, and 8% Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), which all equate to a 100% badass band. This punk/emo four-piece (though mainly consists of a fellow named "Jnasty") that formed in 2009 in Windham, Connecticut. They've only become fully active in the past two years or so, and have been working with Broken World Media (TWIABP, Old Gray, etc.) ever since. Call it bummer punk, emo, whatever, this shit is good. Enjoy.

Calling All Creeps (Or The Passion Pit Of Mel Gibson Jesus Christ And The Adam Sandler Movielife) (2013)

1. Sister Charles Marie

2. Eggnog Drunk Off Of Hilary Duff's Piss

3. God's Drugs

Busch Hymns (2014)

1. No Brains

2. Because I Got High

3. Eggnog Drunk Off Of Hilary Duff's Piss

4. Sister Charles Marie

5. Modern Punk

6. You Know I Know What You Did Last Summer

7. God's Drugs

8. Jordan Michael's Space Jam

Christians And Freemasons Will Kill Me (2014)

1. I Am Not A Real Doctor

2. Mandy

3. Kill Me

I Am Satan (2016)

1. I Am Not A Real Doctor

2. Elliott

3. Mandy

4. Raspberry Heart

5. Shooting Sparks

6. The Undertow

7. Balloons As Hands

8. Acid Bomb

9. Delete Me

10. Star Children

11. Kill Me

12. I Am A Real Doctor

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Turnstile

Since this band gets a ton of requests, I figured the release of their new album should be reason enough to stop procrastinating and get a post on them up.

Turnstile are a five-piece hardcore/punk band from the Maryland/Washington area, that formed in 2010.  Along with bands such as Backtrack, Expire, Soul Search, and Rotting Out, Turnstile are a modern hardcore band taking tons of influence from NYHC bands such as Madball. Their intensity and relentless has pushed them through two EP's and a demo, all of which have gained a ton of attention, and tied together with a blistering live show. Their debut full-length carries on that legacy, and solidifies their position as a force to be reckoned with. Enjoy.

Demo (2010)

1. The Things You Do

2. The Dream

3. Death Grip

Pressure To Succeed (2011)

1. Death Grip

2. The Dream

3. New Rules

4. Pressure To Succeed

5. The Things You Do

6. Heavy Hand

The Extermination (2012)

1. Suburban Scum - Beaten From Birth

2. Backtrack - Boiled In My Blood

3. Turnstile - Figure It Out

4. Soul Search - Burning

5. King 9 - No Dreams

Step 2 Rhythm (2013)

1. 7

2. Keep It Moving

3. Canned Heat

4. Pushing Me Away

5. Better Way

6. Snaked

7. Step To Rhythm

Nonstop Feeling (2015)

1. Gravity

2. Drop

3. Fazed Out

4. Can't Deny it

5. Bleach Temple

6. Bad Wave

7. Blue By You

8. Out Of Rage

9. Bring It Back

10. Addicted

11. Love Lasso

12. Stress

Time & Space (2018)

1. Real Thing

2. Big Smile

3. Generator

4. Bomb

5. I Don't Wanna Be Blind

6. High Pressure

7. (Lost Another) Piece Of My World

8. Can't Get Away

9. Moon

10. Come Back For More/H.O.Y.

11. Right To Be

12. Disco

13. Time & Space

Glow On (2021)

1. Mystery

2. Blackout

3. Don't Play

4. Underwater Boi

5. Holiday

6. Humanoid / Shake It Up

7. Endless

8. Fly Again

9. Alien Love Call

10. Wild World

11. Dance-Off

12. New Heart Design

13. T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection)

14. No Surprise

15. Lonely Dezires

Never Enough (2025)

1. Never Enough

2. Sole

3. I Care

4. Dreaming

5. Light Design

6. Dull

7. Sunshower

8. Look Out For Me

9. Ceiling

10. Seein' Stars

11. Birds

12. Slowdive

13. Time Is Happening

14. Magic Man

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Moose Blood

Moose Blood are an infectiously catchy emo/indie/punk band from Canterbury, England that formed in 2012. Right from their debut EP, Moving Home, Moose Blood came out with some incredible songwriting, mixing solid melodies with relatable lyrics, not to mention a very distinct vocal delivery. They sound like a blend of modern bands such as Transit, Man Overboard and Seahaven, mixed with older Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, and Jimmy Eat World. Moose Blood manage to craft massive guitar sounds, seamlessly intermingling melodic lead parts with walls of shimmering, distorted chords. They put out their first full-length in 2014 titled I'll Keep You In Mind, From Time To Time on No Sleep Records. Though Moose Blood are just getting started, they've already put out some incredibly solid material that certainly makes them one of the best noteworthy bands in modern emo/pop punk. Try listening to "Bukowski" without singing along, it's almost impossible. Enjoy!

Moving Home (2013)

1. My Own Beat

2. Evening Coffee

3. Moving Home

4. Carbis Bay

5. Drive

6. Bukowski

Boston//Orlando (2013)

1. Boston

2. Orlando

Departures/Moose Blood (2013)

1. Departures - A Song For The Sunset

2. Departures - Closing Doors

3. Moose Blood - Stay Here

4. Moose Blood - Girl

I'll Keep You In Mind, From Time To Time (2014)

1. Cherry

2. Anyway

3. I Hope You're Missing Me

4. Chin Up

5. Boston

6. Gum

7. Pups

8. Swim Down

9. Bukowski

10. Kelly Kapowski

11. I Hope You're Miserable

Blush (2016)

1. Pastel

2. Honey

3. Knuckles

4. Sulk

5. Glow

6. Cheek

7. Sway

8. Shimmer

9. Spring

10. Freckle

I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore (2018)

1. Have I Told You Enough

2. Talk In Your Sleep

3. Just Outside

4. You Left In The Worst Way

5. All The Time

6. Can We Stay Like This

7. Pull Me From The Floor

8. Walk All Day With You

9. Such A Shame

10. Promise Me

11. It's Too Much

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Jets To Brazil

Jets To Brazil were an indie/emo band active from 1997-2003 in Brooklyn, New York. They were formed by Blake Schwarzenbach (formerly of Jawbreaker) and Jeremy Chatelain. They were soon joined by ex-Texas Is The Reason drummer Chris Daly, as well as guitarist Brian Maryansky after the release of their debut album. Despite the roots in punk that many of the members came from, Jets To Brazil opted for a much different sound. They incorporated keyboards and acoustic guitars in addition to the typically distorted guitars and drums. Genres as varied as indie, pop, folk, and classic rock were also drawn upon in terms of influence. The band only managed to put out three full-lengths, though each are very different from the others, showcasing the band's rapid progression and constant experimentation. Jets To Brazil were signed to Jade Tree Records throughout their tenure, and remained peers to bands such as The Promise Ring and Jimmy Eat World until their end. Their three albums are now highly regarded, particularly their debut, Orange Rhyming Dictionary. Although they are a band of notoriety in their own right, fans of Jawbreaker, Texas Is The Reason, etc. need to give this band a try, since they sound like a continuation of where those bands might have gone had they continued longer than they did. Enjoy.

Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)

1. Crown of The Valley

2. Morning New Disease

3. Resistance Is Futile

4. Starry Configurations

5. Chinatown

6. Sea Anemone

7. Lemon Yellow Brick

8. Conrad

9. King Medicine

10. I Typed For Miles

11. Sweet Avenue

Four Cornered Night (2000)

1. You're Having The Time Of My Life

2. One Summer Last Fall

3. Air Traffic Control

4. Pale New Dawn

5. In The Summer's When You Really Know

6. Empty Picture Frame

7. Little Light

8. Your X-Rays Have Just Come Back From The Lab And We Think We Know What Your Problem Is

9. Milk And Apples

10. Mid-Day Anonymous

11. *******

12. Orange Rhyming Dictionary

13. All Things Good And Nice

Perfecting Loneliness (2002)

1. The Frequency

2. You're The One I Want

3. Cat Heaven

4. Perfecting Loneliness

5. Lucky Charms

6. Wish List

7. Psalm

8. Autumn Walker

9. Further North

10. William Tell Override

11. Disgrace

12. Rocket Boy