Anybody with an open mind knows there's no such thing as a moot genre. In that line of thinking, get ready for some of the greatest emo (that's right, EMO) news this side of Cap'n Jazz reissuing Analphabetapolothology on vinyl: second-wave emo pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate announced last night, via a tweet from some seattle radio DJ who let the cat out of the bag, that they are going into the studio in May to record a fifth studio LP, and their first since breaking up almost a decade ago.
News of the new album comes on the back of the reissuing of the band's two classics, 1994's Diary and 1995's self-titled album, commonly referred to simply as LP2 by Sub Pop in late 2009.
Those who think emo is a total waste of time, something to think about. Have you rightly given emo a chance, or have you shrugged it off based on the fact that Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday and Dashboard Confessional are a load of flaccid babyshit? To do so would be to write off metal based on Metallica's St. Anger, punk based on Blink 182, electronica based on David Guetta, or the entire pop world based on the recorded output of Britney Spears. My point, of course, is that every genre has its share of chaff, and that only with effort can one discover the gems hidden under one's scummy surface.
Ready to accept emo as a genre? Start by listening to Sunny Day Real Estate's "Waffle" below, then check out at least one of the following albums:
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Cap'n Jazz - Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over
Rites of Spring - End on End
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Weezer - Pinkerton... yes, Weezer used to be listenable!
Or, download my 40 minute emo mixtape, maybe emo ain't so bad after all, here.
Then, quit yer bellyachin'.
