Semaphore

Semaphore is a post-shoegaze band based out of Brooklyn led by Siddhu Anandalingam on guitar/vocals (bassist of NJ post-hardcore band Gatherers), along with Emmett Ceglia on drums, Jay Kohler on guitar and Niko Hasapopoulos on bass. Founded in 2013 by Anandalingam, Semaphore released its first album, All Too Robot, in 2016, establishing the band’s scene-bending fusion of shoegaze, post-hardcore, and impressionist classical music. “It’s somewhere between My Bloody Valentine, Glassjaw, and Debussy, with a top note of angry teenage boy.” Their forthcoming release, I Need a Reason to Stay, develops and complicates that premise: “so much of the music made for young people is very blunt and on-its-face. Our mission is to take the music that was foundational to us as both people and artists and evolve it into something sophisticated and inviting.” Semaphore’s unique sound luxuriates in the shifting tonalities, airy melodies, and lush orchestration of their greatest musical influences, incorporating songcraft and vocals in a decidedly un-shoegazey way. “It’s the music I would have wanted to listen to in high school.”

The Van Pelt

The Van Pelt is an American indie rock band from New York City that were active from 1993 to 1997, and have reformed briefly several times since then.The band formed in 1993 at New York University, with Chris Leo (formerly of Native Nod and brother of Ted Leo) on vocals and guitar, David Baum on guitar, Barry London on bass, and Neil O&#39;Brien on drums. They&#39;re often sited as one of the influential bands from the 2nd wave of emo/indie/post-hardcore in the early/mid 90s.

Story Of The Year

Story of the Year is an American rock band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1995 under the name 67 North.The band eventually changed their name to Big Blue Monkey in 1998, and then subsequently changed it again to Story of the Year in 2002, after the release of their EP titled Story of the Year on the indie label Criterion Records. At the time, they claimed they discovered that a blues group named Big Blue Monkey had already existed. Later, on their podcast &quot;Page Avenue Crew&quot;, they clarified that they just didn&#39;t care for the name and made up the excuse of another band having the same name.It would not be until three years after forming that Story of the Year saw its first piece of commercial success in its major label debut, Page Avenue, containing the popular singles &quot;Until the Day I Die&quot; and &quot;Anthem of Our Dying Day&quot;. The bands sound combines alternative rock, early 2000s emo, pop punk containing elements of post-hardcore and alt-metal with anthemic choruses.

The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls are an American punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1989.

Resignation 

Resignation&#39;s members comprise two different generations in the Northwest Ohio punk/hardcore/emo scene. The result is an amalgamation of their collective influences creating a message of hope, honesty, and empathy for people living in the strangest of timelines. This approach has found them a home amongst their hardcore comrades having such closely aligned philosophies.The culmination of sounds that make up Resignation’s music is most often labeled post-hardcore, bringing together the primary building blocks that informed that genre. Their foundational influences are apparent: Grade, Hot Water Music, Fairweather, Samiam, Elliott. However, upon further inspection, one can hear the impact of early &#39;00s emo that would have found them comfortably fitting amongst the ranks of bands featured on the Emo Diaries.

Liars Academy

Liars Academy is a rock band from Baltimore, Maryland formed in 2000. They have released their material on Equal Vision Records and Goodwill Records. The band has included members/former members of Cross My Heart, Dead Red Sea, Daybreak, and Strike Anywhere. They released 2 full length LPs and an EP between 2000-2004, and are releasing a long awaited 3rd LP in 2023 via Steadfast Records.

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