Straight in at 101-125 // Emo Poll Near Misses

Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
The Locust - The Locust
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Good Health
Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes
Shiner - Lula Divinia
Smart Went Crazy - Now We're Even
Karate - The Bed Is in the Ocean
Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night
Shiner - The Egg

all great

but my vote goes to Envy

EVERYONE LISTEN TO SHINER

I already do

106. Driver Friendly - Bury a Dream (100 3 0)

this was my most enthusiastic vote for a contemporary emo album

I still listen to Shiner sometimes, didn't know anyone else had even heard of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZhRU2c1wMU

What do you mean "not that Shiner"?

for me, something between these:

102. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold (103 4 0)
104. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (102 4 0)
105. Pedro the Lion – Control (102 3 0)
109. Thursday - Full Collapse (97 5 0)
114. Saves the Day - In Reverie (92 3 0)
119. Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance (87 4 0)
122. Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night (86 3 0)

Tough one, it's either Driver Friendly, Hotelier or Saves the Day.

Jeff Rosenstock was super high on my ballot and it was heartbreaking to see him JUST miss the cut on a second poll, so that

Full Collapse though I have a real soft spot for Seaweed.

The Locust

I will never understand how The Locust fits in at all.

Ha, I originally typed "The Locust because fuck you" before thinking better of it. Seriously, I totally defer to your emo knowledge but wouldn't they fit in under "post-hardcore"? Pearson was in Swing Kids, who are definitely considered emo/screamo, I think?

Not that the latter point proves anything in itself but the Locust seem to me like something of an extension of the style of Swing Kids, Angel Hair, etc.

Haha, so cool to see that the emo poll has already produced two spinoff threads. We just can't seem to leave it alone :)

Mordy, maybe that tracks poll isn't such a bad idea anyway...

I think it's more of a tracks genre tbh.

I disagree unless you mean the mall emo stuff

No, the 'mall' bands WERE album-oriented, even concept album-oriented sometimes! The old 90s post-hardcore/screamo/vegan potluck bands were all about 7"s though.

true diy 7"s

I voted for My Chemical Romance bc srsly wtf

YOU GUYS

That Karate album is great and way underrated and Geoff Farina doesn't get enough credit for his guitar playing

I say this as someone who owns this one Karate album, one 7" and a split with Crownhate Ruin

but Karate definitely

I didnt like later Karate stuff at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfZBi2BRu4

116 is the only one I voted for, very good album

Not the circumstances under which I wanted to give The Moon Is Down two #1 votes but ok.

wow, a bunch of great records on this list

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got 0 votes here but Artist in the Ambulance is an excellent album tho uneven

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bc fuck you obv