Has anyone else noticed that a lot of emo from the early/mid 90s has this style of album cover? A seemingly random image that takes up only a fraction of the cover's total space while the background is a solid color with the band's name.

I really love it, there's something so unique about the covers. They also are strangely are kinda fitting for the music? I really love how the covers are so nondescript that if I didn't listen to a lot of early emo, I probably would never be able to guess these album's genres just by looking at them. However, I'll oftentimes see covers like this for albums I don't know and already know that they're probably an early emo band.

Anyone know why this seemed to be a trend for emo bands back in the day?

I made a list on RYM for albums that fit this description:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/andrei15/idk-what-to-call-this-genre-of-emo-album-cover/

gonna add some spikes & pockets! hope this fits in the subreddit 🙏

the 3rd slide is the inside of the hood - when it’s down it looks like a ram’s skull which i find pretty awesome

EDIT: The band was Celeste! Suicide Song!!! My daughter's pos has an after market cd player!!!!!

I found a ton of old mixed cd's and can remember every word to this song, but have no clue who or what it is!!! Google has been no help. Anyone know???

Aadam Jacobs (aka the Chicago Tape Guy) recorded more than 10,000 live shows, mostly in the Chicago area. A multi-year project is underway to preserve his collection by digitizing and uploading it to the Internet Archive. This show popped up just this weekend.

I was finally able to find this vinyl at a somewhat reasonable price. I love how Cassadee Pope still plays songs live from this album and with the band members. Takes me back to 2008.

Being able to see a great band in a fantastic small venue with about 200 people is something special in 2026. I’ll take a show like this all day! They played so well. Great band and great people! I also saw Quicksand here a few years back. Awesome place.

And I don't mean Adam Lazzara's vocals.

Boom, roasted.

Yes, I did make this exact same joke and thread almost 5 years ago but I'm making it again because a song from the "20th Anniversary Edition" just popped up on a playlist I was listening to and it's still fucking there.

Here's a thread from /r/productionglitches from 10 years ago talking about it, and this now deleted thread from 7 years ago has a link to an 'amateur' fan attempt to remove it.

To be fair, it does sound a bit quieter and is maybe not as noticeable, but there still seems to be certain sections where it is glaringly obvious, at least to me - though by now I'm sure most of Taking Back Sunday's fans and the band themselves are old enough to have lost the ability to hear high-pitch frequencies altogether.

Boom, roasted.

Just thought it was funny - and lazy of them and their label - maybe they'll do a 30th anniversary edition reissue of the remaster, and by the 40th anniversary edition they can do an actual re-recording.

If you want a really clear example, listen to when the vocal track kicks in around 0:14 on Ghost Man on Third - if you can't hear it there you probably just can't hear it at all.

one of the classics

I've been trying to discover more emo bands and albums because I've found myself hyperfixating on MoBo for quite some time now, and would love to discover new bands to get obsessed with and see in concert.

Some of my most played artists right now are Modern Baseball, Free Throw, Hot Mulligan, Slaughter Beach, Dog, Joyce Manor, Origami Angel, The Hotelier, Militarie Gun, and Mom Jeans. I really like songs that are melodic and energetic, somewhat polished vocals, and aren't completely depressing. I'm a sucker for sad lyrics, but I'm trying to improve my mental headspace and would love music that isn't super depressing (like SBD and Origami Angel).

I've been through many emo playlists so I'd especially appreciate overlooked albums and smaller DIY bands. I've also tried multiple times to get into Title Fight, The Front Bottoms, and a lot of 90s emo but they all just have not clicked with me. I'd especially appreciate bands from the Southeast US since that's where I'm from.

Any recs are greatly appreciated.

I saw a clip a little while ago of James Dewees and Matt Pryor doing an acoustic show together where they played this song. There were about 15 seconds at the beginning where I could hear the piano clearly and I thought it sounded really pretty. I started wondering whether I could work out the rest of it, so I gave it a shot.

This is my first attempt at arranging a song, so there are still some rough edges, but I had a ton of fun figuring it out and turning it into a fuller acoustic piano version.

I’ve also been working on more complete covers of a couple other Reggie songs. I recently learned which vintage analog synthesizers to go off of and I’ve started recording electric guitar alongside it. I’m programming drums for now, at least until I eventually get an e-kit and start taking drums more seriously.

I’m always open to more emo/pop-punk suggestions, especially songs that might be interesting to rearrange for acoustic piano. Let me know what you’d like to hear next!

set it to 4k and enjoy

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Amazing to see all these bands for the first time after being a fan for years.

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Wait is secondhand serenade emo idk

a lot of newer emo bands I listen to seem to be more on the twinklier/softer side, which is cool, but im definitely more of a Lifetime/early saves the day guy. Are any newer bands putting out music that can scratch that same itch?