Midwest Emo

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Midwest Emo (or Midwestern Emo ) denotes an Emo scene and / or the sub-genre , which in the 1990s in the Midwest of the United States developed. By using unconventional vocal styles , pronounced guitar riffs, and arpeggiated melodies , Midwestern emo bands moved away from the hardcore punk roots of the genre and resorted to indie rock and math rock approaches. According to writer and critic Andy Greenwald, "This was the time when emo deserved many, if not all, of the stereotypes that have endured to this day: boy-driven, spectacle-wearing, over-sensitive, over-smart, guitar-driven college music." Midwestern emo is sometimes used interchangeably with "second wave emo".

Characteristic

According to Chicago Reader critic Leor Galil, the bands of the second wave of the Midwest emo scene "transformed the angular rage of the DC -emo into something malleable, melodic and cathartic - their common characteristics included guitar parts, chugging basslines and unconventional vocals, the like a sweet neighborhood child without any vocal training , but sounded with a lot of heart ". The genre contains elements from indie rock and is also characterized by "dark chord progressions " and arpeggiated guitar melodies. Midwestern emo is also often associated with the use of math rock elements.

The Midwest emo scene came to the fore in the mid-1990s with bands like American Football , Chamberlain, The Promise Ring , Cap'n Jazz , Cursive , Mineral, and The Get Up Kids . Braid was considered an important act in advancing the emo sound of the Midwest in the United States. Some of the acts that were used to practice the sound were also originally not from the Midwestern United States, with Sunny Day Real Estate from Washington and Mineral from Texas .

Midwestern emo experienced a boom in the late 2000s with labels like Count Your Lucky Stars Records , but also with bands like CSTVT, Oliver Houston, Into It. Over It., Algernon Cadwallader, Snowing and Tigers Jaw. Revival bands like The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die mixed the midwestern emo sound with genres like post-rock and orchestral music.

Notable bands

Individual evidence

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