My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

emo

  • Song of the day February 6th, 2025

    In Circles – Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate‘s 1994 album Diary is one of the most underappreciated and often overlooked rock albums of the 90s, often credited with helping to define the genre that would become “midwest emo.” It features two future Foo Fighters, bass player Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith.… Read more

  • Song of the day July 31st, 2024

    Soroity Noise – Using The album itself, Joy, Departed, is very good, and I think it would probably fall under the emo genre, which I’m not super well versed in, at least not enough to look at through that lens, so I chose to feature “Using” as it leans more towards the hard rock genre.… Read more