sea of cortez

some minor obscuremo band that gained minor notoriety with 4 people by being on the same label as ambassador 990 and then that label got sick of emo and the sea of cortez lp disappeared forever. at least, that's how i remember it, it was a long time ago and my mind is clouded. here's a song off some comp cd called "libations unlimited: pheonix 97-99". this is a cool song either way.

uranium 9 volt

what was this band doing on lookout?

made for tv movie

i know some of you like the words that go with the music, but i really have no clue why i even have this cd. i always loved this song though. if you like chune / hum, then this is well up in your zone.

gregor

i know very little about gregor, so i suppose that makes them a fine candidate for this blog. they featured people from current, they released a 2 song 7" (shaolin temple / grafitti fist), and a demo that contained two of the songs on the 7" and two other tracks. the music sounds like calm, with a little of the slow ordination of aaron stuff mixed in. really, really good. here's a song.

bailer

bailer were fucking good.

open letters - perfect pages

open letters were one of the prime bands from the norwichmo days of 2002/2003, along with other greats like long live. open letters played melodic screamo, lots of piercing shrieks and grooving / spazzy melody. two (at least?) vocalists, a lot of falling over. miss those innocent days. thanks dan, gav, james, rob and stewart. 6 songs on here, good memories. they had another cdr i am sure, maybe it's still here.

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the lapse - basilico basilica

funky.

emergency! action boys

these guys loved braid. this is a pretty cool song though. 7" was on dead tank. i am not aware of any other releases.

chocolate kiss

now here's an under-rated band. it was 2 or 3 people from car vs driver, and they had quite a few releases, i seem to have 4 different ones. not all of them were great, but they did produce some excellent songs. the les boom boom cdep was probably their best release for me. here's some of their music, it flies about as under the radar as indiemo gets. enjoy.

firebird suite - waiting for you to come back from barcelona

this song came to mind for some reason earlier today, so i figured i should upload it. there is a lot of good stuff on the firebird band 'archives' cd, but this song is a personal favourite. definitely the best song written by any post-braid band as far as i am concerned.



heck, while we're at it, this is pretty killer too. total kolya / van pelt vibes here.

lovemen

while we're doing the japan thing, how about this killer emo-pop song from lovemen. prime bounce. saw these guys play live in the late 90s in winchester and they were incredible. at one point we did a mosh pit can can.

wall - the way to life

wall was a pretty cool band on snuffy smile in the late 90s. they were a fit with bands like lovemen and three minute movie i guess. the lp "a silent voice wanders the sea of contradiction" was a bit braid-y in places, and quite downbeat and meandering in others. it's worth tracking down if you're obscuremo as fuck. here's a song...

the man i fell in love with

how did i ever forget about this band. a 12 inch ep and not much else. shoegazemo perfected. folk from party of helicopters / harriet the spy, totally woozy and beautiful. classic.

silver horseshoes

members of indian summer being sad cowboys. super lo-fi sounds, like if a down on their luck evergreen wandered a lonesome trail at 2 in the morning with a horse with no name.

coasts demo

here's the whole 3 track demo as mp3s, for those who enjoyed the recent post.

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jacket weather - the last time in august

these guys were doing the rip off mineral / the promise ring / christie front drive thing before joie de vivre and empire! empire! were out of short trousers (2000-20003), although i only stumbled across them myself a couple of years back. this is just twinkly, rocking midwest style cuteness. there's a whole ep of this and some other songs, you can buy it here and listen to what autumn sounds like.

new telepathic friends

new telepathic friends is a band i stumbled across a few years ago. it's pretty gentle indie stuff featuring jeremy from julia. they have a 7 song cdep that's still available, it's a lovely little release. it's pretty low-key and simple, but works well. kind of a bit like ida or pohgoh or something. here's a track.

seki

i was not massively into this band's album as a whole but this song came on whilst i was on the bus this evening. killer slomo for fans of shores / boilermaker. not to be confused with rep seki.

strictly ballroom lp

went on a strictly ballroom 'bender' last night. what a great lp, very pretty music. here's a few choice 'cuts'. i hadn't listened to the lp in a very long time, so it was a pleasure to rediscover it.

coasts / everywhere you look

ok, it's 2012. probably time for an update.

summit hall by everywhere you look. best 1 song emo band of the past 5 years i would say. this is just amazing. repetitious, building, midwestmo, so gorgeous. ending isn't great, but the first few minutes are amazing.

coasts! pre-monument i think? i like this more than monument anyway. this is so beautiful. sad, whiney midwestmo. bands, do this kind of thing.