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Rec'd on 😃 CAN SOMEONE RECOMMEND ME SOME GOOD UNDERRATED THIRD WAVE EMO

A cursory google search informs me that this album received some critical acclaim which comes as a surprise to me because when I saw them on tour to support this record there may have been fewer than 20 people in the audience. Regardless, I think this is one of the best albums to emerge from the emo revival era and has had more staying power in my library than even the best of The World Is a Beautiful Place, who were arguably the kings of the scene at the time. Very likely this is no longer an interesting or deep cut because I have grown old and irrelevant but I am (almost) alone amongst my friends in my love of post 08 emo so I’ll continue to insist that this album is underrated (lol)

@cilantro

Apr 4, 2025

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