Dogleg - Melee - pretty much everything punk/emo should sound like now. Loud, heavy, interesting song structures, and generally songs you just want to fuck shit up to.
The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin - usually when an artist does a 'back to basics' or purposefully goes back to lo-fi recording styles, it sounds forced. This is the opposite, and brings everything I love about the Mountain Goats, the urgency, storytelling, weird niche topics, and songs that wreck you emotionally.
Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM - What is there to say about Jeff Rosenstock other than he keeps putting out consistently amazing albums to the point where it's almost expected. It's also his most depressing for me, so I've kinda avoided it since it's come out.
Dogleg - Melee - pretty much everything punk/emo should sound like now. Loud, heavy, interesting song structures, and generally songs you just want to fuck shit up to.
The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin - usually when an artist does a 'back to basics' or purposefully goes back to lo-fi recording styles, it sounds forced. This is the opposite, and brings everything I love about the Mountain Goats, the urgency, storytelling, weird niche topics, and songs that wreck you emotionally.
Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM - What is there to say about Jeff Rosenstock other than he keeps putting out consistently amazing albums to the point where it's almost expected. It's also his most depressing for me, so I've kinda avoided it since it's come out.