Band: The Promise Ring
Album: Very Emergency
Best song: The record brings me back. “Jersey Shore” is great, “Happy Hour” is good. Nothing beats “Emergency! Emergency!,” though.
Worst song: Most of these songs sound the same, let’s be honest.

I’ve touched on this in the past, but “emo” was “hipster” about ten years ago. When I was in college — god, I graduated seven years ago! — “emo” was bandied about and mocked as much as “hipster” is now. “Emo” had more of a defnition, as “hipster” seems to mean just about everything, from the Fleet Foxes to Kanye West to whatever else.
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