Midwest emo

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Midwest emo (or Midwestern emo) refers to the vibrant and influential emo scene that developed in 1990s Midwestern United States. Employing unconventional vocals stylings, distinct guitar riffs and arpeggiated melodies, Midwest emo bands shifted away from the genre's hardcore punk roots and drew on indie rock approaches. According to the author and critic Andy Greenwald, "this was the period when emo earned many, if not all, of the stereotypes that have lasted to this day: boy-driven, glasses-wearing, overly sensitive, overly brainy, chiming-guitar-driven college music."

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Characteristics

According The Chicago Reader critic Leor Galil, the second-wave bands of the Midwest emo scene "tranformed the angular fury of D.C. emo into something malleable, melodic, and cathartic--its common features included cycling guitar parts, chugging bass lines, and unconventional singing that sounded like a sweet neighbor kid with no vocal training but plenty of heart." Incorporating elements from indie rock, the genre also features "gloomy chord progressions" and arpeggiated guitar melodies.

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History

The Midwest emo scene came into prominence in the late-1990s with the bands such as Chamberlain, American Football, and The Promise Ring. Other acts to embrace the genre at its prime time included Grown Ups, Cap'n Jazz, Cursive, Mineral and The Get Up Kids. Braid has been regarded as an important act to propel the Midwest emo sound across the United States. Some of the acts to practice the sound were originally not from the Midwestern United States as well, with Sunny Day Real Estate being from Washington and Mineral being from Texas.

Midwest emo has seen a resurgence over the late 2000's with the labels such as Count Your Lucky Stars Records, as well as by the bands such as CSTVT, Oliver Houston, Into It. Over It., Algernon Cadwallader and Snowing. Revival bands such as The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die mixed the Midwestern emo sound with genres such as post-rock and orchestral music.

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See also

• Math rock
• Midwestern United States
• Post-rock

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References

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Further reading

• Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-30863-9. 

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