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    Daily music recommendation #38

    For the end of emo week, have my favorite song to fall under the diverse umbrella of emo.

    Brave Little Abacus are an eclectic whirlwind. Emo, math rock, electronic, jazz-- all of them come together to form a cacophony that is as overwhelming as it is appealing to some primal part of our souls.
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    I think my favorite type of character is the deeply flawed and initially morally grey individual who, in the end, chooses to go against their own self-interests, safety, comfort, or happiness to do the herculean but ultimately right thing, possibly with dire consequences for them.

    No I can't name any examples.
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    Daily music recommendation #37

    Now we're bringing it way back to the 80s, to emo's first wave. Emerging out of the DC scene was a brand of hardcore punk that was a little bit more singable, a little bit more introspective. This sound would be labeled "emotional hardcore", or emocore, much to the annoyance of Rites of Spring, who are often considered the originators of emo.
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    Even since its very inception, the term has been a source of ridicule. The early bands rejected the label. But love it or hate it, these edgy kids from DC would influence generations of musicians to come.
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    Other first wave emo acts include Dag Nasty, Embrace, and Moss Icon. Every time you listen to MCR, you're listening to a 40 year legacy of emo kids. Whether you shave your head and wear skinny jeans, or put on mascara and eyeliner, or dress in beanies and flannels, or rock Supreme and cry to Juice WRLD, we are all emo.
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    Do people these days actually like A1 Pictures? They seem to be beloved by anime fans where I'm from, but I've always seen them as the slop studio. I haven't forgiven them for the absolutely soulless dogshit they released throughout the 2010s. And also the fact that their working conditions allegedly drove an animator to suicide in 2010.

    But maybe they've improved since then.
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    @RepresentingGreed I think the sentiment is less that they're bad per se and more that they feel very... assembly line. They don't really have an identity in the same way studios like Trigger and KyoAni have, nor do really they have core staff like those studios do (I think).
    RepresentingWrath
    RepresentingWrath
    Oh, I see.
    Sabruness
    Sabruness
    ehh, i dont really subscribe to that whole 'x studio is great, y isnt' because every studio at some point either drops bangers or clangers. A1's done some good stuff like Valkyria Chronicles, Sound of the Sky, Vividred Operation (yay for ecchi techno-magical girls) and Lycoris Recoil (lesbians with guns).

    then again, it's also the studio that lumbered the world with the SAO anime so nobody;'s perfect XD
    ShrimpShady
    One of the most interesting parts of playing an instrument is going back to a riff/lick/solo/song you thought was impossible when you first started and realizing you can now play it no problem.

    When I first started with guitar/bass, I thought Roundabout's bassline was mad wicked and almost unfathomable. Now I just kind of know how to play it without even needing to revisit the song :blob_hmm:
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    I hate it when rejection notices go "It was a difficult decision to make", etc.

    You know it wasn't. It took all of 3 seconds.
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    If I am now a liar, that means my heart will fail the test, proving it to be heavy, which makes me not a liar, I pass the test, and so the endless cycle goes on.
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    I think at that point Ammit would just devour you to get it over with
    SirControl
    SirControl
    That kind of unprofessionalism is exactly why she gets killed by Moon Knight (If the mcu wiki is to be believed. I don't watch Marvel shows)
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    Daily music recommendation #36

    Switching it up today. Instead of a singular recommendation, I wanted to showcase the global reach of emo music. I'm not nearly as familiar with non-American emo, so I could only give these examples. But all three of them are fire.
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    Leiah from Sweden are very heavily influenced by The Get Up Kids. They practically sound like the same band.

    Eleventwelfth is an Indonesian band that borrows from the twinkly guitar sounds of the revival, but with a lot less punk sensibility. Perfect for the more contemplative nights.

    Last, Japan's own Arigarnon Friends. I could go on and on about the influence of midwest emo and math rock on Japanese music.
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    You could be having a normal dinner with your uncles, and in between talks of the fine shyt they fumbled in highschool, they'd just randomly bring up Anastasia surviving execution and esoteric Hitlerism.
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    Daily music recommendation #35

    This is where the label "emo" reveals once again the nebulous nature of pop culture terms.

    By no means is Weezer an emo band. They're a lot of things for a lot of people. Virgin music, incelcore, geek rock, power pop, but not emo.

    Yet, their sophomore album Pinkerton is considered a significant and influential work in the 90s emo pantheon.
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    Also: Across The Sea is an anthem if you can get past the uncomfortably raw and honest lyrics. This is where you start seeing the signs of Rivers Cuomo's yellow fever.
    Macha
    Macha
    It's like v-kei. The sounds start from power metal, progressive, then metalcore. We call it weebcore.

    ShrimpShady
    ShrimpShady
    Sometimes you just gotta not think about genre labels too much :blob_hmm:
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    Daily music recommendation #34

    Onto emo's fourth wave (the revival). Emo was gaining prominence in the underground, thanks to the internet. Bands started reincorporating the clean, indie-flavored sounds of 90s midwest emo, mostly inspired by American Football. This led to many of these bands sounding derivative. A cliche arose that emo was now white boys whining over twinkly riffs.
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    This wasn't to say there wasn't experimentation though. The revival also saw genre-blending by bands such as Title Fight and Brave Little Abacus (more on them some other time). Another band of note at the time was The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, notable for their blend of familiar twinkly emo and swooning post-rock. And the band's name almost just put me over the character limit.
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    Heartbeat in the Brain is a standout track from an album full of fresh sounds for the scene. It wastes not even a second with building tension, opening with palm-muted guitars, building tension by adding individual sonic elements, until it bursts forth into whiny dual vocals that are unmistakably emo. From there, it quiets down to yet another post-rock lull, building tension from scrap once more for one final climax.
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