It's been a while since I've truly spent a prolonged period listening to second wave emo or really anything from the midwest scene in an abundance.
Briks reminded me of Sunny Day Real Estate earlier today and I'm going to get onto the albums I don't own by them.
I think the thing I find most common about emo music to me at least is how when you get into it, you really get into it. I have EP's and LP's from bands that released one record and faded into obscurity (I know this was quite common) but after a while you just seem to forget about emo's existence. Likely because there isn't a prominent scene any more so the lack of new music causes it to lose relevance and slip under the radar.
But, I'll make it my mission to go through and re listen to the records I've not visited in some time.
The way I see it, as long as you're < 25, you'll still get something out of emo music before you're too old to understand it any more.
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