This was the last studio recording Braid released and what a heartbreak it was. Each side represented the strengths of the two principal songwriters, Bob Nanna and Chris Broach. Both are great examples of what made this band so popular. Nanna's was the better voice, but Broach's songs added angles and bends that made their music so interesting. Two songs is all you get, but I wish they hadn't stopped here.
Has any genre suffered more disrespect than emo? Long before it became mainstream rock's default option when it came to loud and fast - back when it was still linked to hardcore, small-run vinyl singles, and five-bands-for-$5 matinee shows - emo was dismissed as half-assed punk rock for crybabies and political lightweights. Sure, it's hard to deny that a lot of old-school, underground emo was plain bad, of course. The worst examples sounded liked hardcore… more »
