emo
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Talking about the surge in popularity that emo rap has seen in recent years.
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Life’s a Trip has some surprisingly beautiful highlights, but Trippie Redd’s lyrics, song structures, and vocal consistency are still lacking overall.
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Juice WRLD’s brand of emo-infused trap can be great in small doses, but has amounted to a spotty full-length debut.
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Princess Nokia’s love for the emo scene can’t really be doubted, but A Girl Cried Red more often than not borders on unintentional parody.
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X makes some improvements on the mixing, singing, and songwriting fronts with ?, but the album is still a mixed bag consisting mainly of half-baked song ideas.
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As you might’ve gleaned from its title, Pop Music finds Remo Drive taking their sound in a poppier direction. The results are decent but brief.
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Moorhead emo outfit Tiny Moving Parts release one of their most creatively bankrupt albums thus far.
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East Coast rock outfit TWIABP returns with a simplified take on their trademark fusion of post-rock and emo.
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Brand New returns with a chilling, despondent sound.
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The future of emo is looking bleak…for the wrong reasons.
