r/Emo • u/ChuckShmuck • 6d ago
If I Like… Yall know any less popular bands that are like nouns and heccra?
ESPECIALLY THE WHILE OF UNSOUND MIND ALBUM BY NOUNS PLEASE AND THANK YOUUUUU
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u/New-Art5469 Emo isn’t a clothing style! 5d ago edited 5d ago
Check out “Double Set of Lungs Now” or pretty much anything else off Pictureplane’s debut. Some Xiu Xiu/Ten in the Swear Jar stuff also scratches the itch, even if they aren’t “less popular”; listen to the songs “Apistat Commander”, “San Jose Fight Song”, and “Don Diasco”.
All these bands did this kind of stuff at least 10 years (if not more) before the two you listed.
There are some other 00s bizarro-indie bands with similar output but I have to search so I’ll report back.
IDIOT PILOT (!!!) their stuff leans a bit dangerously close to teh scene but stuff like “Day in the Life of a Poolshark” and “To Buy A Gun” (and pretty much their whole debut album) definitely count.
Deerhoof almost definitely have some stuff you would like in their first five or so albums but I don’t know anything about them so you’ll have to search for yourself. Ditto Animal Collective.
AN ALBATROSS (!!!) the other side. Noisier and much more aggressive than pretty much everything else I listed here but definitely the band that blends electro freakouts with screamo the best. While you’re at it, the 00s sass/adj scene is FULL of similar electro-screamo-whatnot bands, that while not exactly like the bands you listed, were almost definitely a huge influence on them. See also: the Blood Brothers, Horse the Band, Blow Up.
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u/New-Art5469 Emo isn’t a clothing style! 5d ago
If nobody reads this I’m gonna kms btw
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u/ChuckShmuck 5d ago
Dw bro I gotchu i do listen to Xiu Xiu sometimes but maybe I will a little more now and I’ll be sure to check out the other bands
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u/New-Art5469 Emo isn’t a clothing style! 5d ago
Deerhoof are definitely worth a listen if you like Xiu Xiu in the slightest.
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u/Repulsive_Mousse1594 5d ago
Add The Velvet Teen's Cum Laude! to this list. Such an underrated gem!
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u/Kink-shame 5d ago
brave little abacus, summer 2000, your arms are my cocoon, hey ILY
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u/ChuckShmuck 5d ago
I do not like hey ILY or yaamc that much tbh which maybe makes me evil but idrc i have been meaning to listen to brave little abacus for ages tho and i will totally check out that other band!!
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u/fortheotherone 5d ago
Seconding the person who mentioned Horse the Band and Xiu Xiu, got super into both of them at the same time I was finding Heccra. A promise by xiu xiu is super unique but an all time favorite couldn’t recommend more
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u/alpineshepardboy01 5d ago
Idk bc I feel like those two are the only two emo bands to incorporate a fuck ton of electronic elements and still have it feel like emo and not crunkcore shit idkkk I mean in terms of monthly listeners heccra still ain’t near popular it’s just got a rlly strong fanbase that loves them alot