This came out in 2021 but it is really great. I just discovered it. A mix of emo/post-hardcore/math rock.
Power of Failing doesn't have "Palisade" so that automatically doesn't make it as good as EndSerenading
Daydrunks - When You Talk To Me RIYL: The Sonder Bombs, Knope, Macseal Okay so this is really good. The guitar riffs are just so nice - the kind that feel like you could listen to them on loop for an hour.
I haven’t listened to much of that era of emo, besides American Football S/T and JEW’s Clarity. What do you guys consider some of the touchstones of that era?
New wylie hopkins EP is very good. Gives me STRONG Daphne Loves Derby vibes mixed with elements of dltzk.
Both Mineral albums Braid - Frame and Canvas Texas Is the Reason - Do You Know Who You Are Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good The Get Up Kids - Something To Write Home About
Also... The Appleseed Cast - The End of the Ring Wars and these next two are not widely considered emo but might as well be because they influenced the genre Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About ... and The Lonesome Crowded West At the Drive-in - Relationship of Command
I'll add The Anniversary's Designing a Nervous Breakdown, Jawbreaker's Dear You, Pedro the Lion's It's Hard to Find a Friend
Everyone else touched on the big ones but I will add this afternoons malady by jejune, stereo by Christie front drive, and amateurs and professionals by penfold as slightly lesser known standouts
Rainer Maria - Look Now Look Again Seam - The Problem With Me Elliott - False Cathedrals other important albums to look listen to if you haven’t already!