We throw all the rules out the window and review this brand new album from blink-182. It's basically a track-by-track "first impressions" episode (although we somehow skipped track 10 -apologies).

Earmuffs, for obvious reasons.

This album turned twenty this year, and it was really such a weird genre bending and impossible-to-label thing that we decided "sure, it's emo enough!". After all, it has Ben Gibbard on it, right?

These guys really created a wonderful thing and then were like "THAT'S ALL YOU GET!". We love it, and yet struggle to put into words why, exactly.

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Give up on Apple Music and Spotify

You can count on us to get a snack out related to blink-182. Every. Time. 

(unfortunately Blake somehow screwed up and left his as a draft for 3 weeks)

The new album comes out October 20th and we got a preview of two more songs from the album - the nostalgia-bomb ⁠ONE MORE TIME⁠ (complete with nostalgia-bomb ⁠video⁠) and ⁠MORE THAN YOU KNOW⁠. 

After the disappointing follow up to Something To Write Home About (at least for us), we truly needed this record. Some of us might even think it's The Get Up Kids at their best. Maybe. You'll have to listen to find out.

Was Tom's side project the beginning of the end of blink-182? (and then another beginning...and another end of the oh jeez this is so convoluted). Or does Kyle's theory hold up that this was basically the prelude to blink's untitled album? We report, you decide.

Boxcar Racer on Spotify and Apple Music

We decided the episode number deserved a title that was a mouthful, and boy did Dashboard Confessional deliver!

The Gil Norton produced follow up to The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most (seriously, Carrabba - do you get paid per letter in the title?) which included the electric-guitar-ified emo summer hit of 2003, Hands Down. Be prepared for gushing. Almost 2 hours worth of gushing. We like it a lot, basically.

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Kyle and Blake live vicariously (and jealously) through Kris' blink-182 concert experience. Including how he was sitting next to the couple he sold 2 of his floor seats to for double face value so he essentially went for free. It's been a while, so we obviously get off topic too. Is blink-182 actually making an album? What's our favorite Jimmy Eat World concert experience? Is Tom the "artist" and Mark "the business guy" in the band? We really are all over the place here. Enjoy!

Is The Darkness an emo band? Absolutely not. But does their debut album qualify as one of our favorite albums of the early 2000s? Yes, absolutely. So we're going to talk about it. Because it's our podcast. And if you enjoy your face being rocked off, you should listen to it, too.

The album turns 20 this year, complete with an album tour.

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We think this album is way underrated. After giving us Clarity, Bleed American, and freaking FUTURES three albums in a row, they still manage to come out swinging with Chase This Light in 2007. And if you were lucky enough to have the iTunes version, it closed with one of our favorite covers EVER (which is now on streaming services too, by the way). This band is the king of the genre, as far as we're concerned.

We skip around a bit through Yellowcard's discography to 2012 for this episode. In case you're new here, all three dudes genuinely love the band and basically spend the whole time gushing about them. Our only complaint is they haven't repressed Ocean Avenue on vinyl yet. C'mon, guys!

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