Emo Dad Podcast

Season 11 Episode 7: Jimmy Eat World v The Get Up Kids Matt and James bring you the big debate that no one ever asked for, the big showdown, the chat that everyone needs… who’s better? Jimmy Eat World or The Get Up Kids? The scoring system is broken and corrupt, but don’t let that put you off. Join us as we pit Static Prevails v Four Minute Mile, and then Clarity v Something to Write Home About. W...

Season 11 Episode 6: New Noise blind reactions (Feat. Destroy Boys, Winona Fighter, Overgrown and more) Matt and James decide it’s time to investigate some ‘new’ (to us) bands, after chatting about your newest post hardcore heroes; Buried in Spring, we dive head first into the ‘New Noise’ playlist on Spotify. We discover some news bands including Overgrown, Niis, Dogpark and Liily amongst others....

Season 11 Episode 5: MCR v DCC (Feat. Like Roses, Buried in Spring and more) Matt and James sit down to once again chat utter rubbish for an hour. We discuss the ‘exciting’ war that has erupted in the most unusual of circumstances, between My Chemical Romance and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, something none of us had on our bingo card for 2026. We finally give everyone the No Safe Haven updated...

Season 11 Episode 4: Expert advice for bands (Feat. Grandson, Wolves of Glendale, Father of Peace and more) Matt and James sit down for one of their classic nonsense episodes. James brings back the stings which make us laugh way more than they should do, we discuss comedy band Wolves of Glendale, and Matt offers some actually HELPFUL expert advice to bands who want to promote themselves properly....

Season 11 Episode 3: Enter Shikari deepdive Enter Shikari have announced the sad, but understandable, news that the band will be going ‘dormant’ at the end of 2027. As big fans of the band since those very early days of ‘ Mothership ’ and ‘ Sorry You’re Not a Winner ’, Matt and James felt it was as good a time as any to do a deep dive into this incredible band. We track our way through the years,...

Season 11 Episode 2: This episode contradicts everything and solves nothing (Feat. Fugazi, Raye, Father of Peace and more) Matt and James are back with an episode of thoughts, opinions and nonsense. We discuss the many issues around bands trying to make money, venues trying to make money, merchandise, touring and everything else. We probably have more questions than answers, but it makes for an in...

Season 11 Episode 1: Emo Dad talks to unpeople Matt and James are BACK, and we start season 11 with a bang, as we speak to the lovely Em and Jake from THE hottest UK band right now, unpeople. unpeople gained high praise from the likes of Kerrang! Magazine (‘A phenomenon waiting to happen’) and Distorted Sound (‘arena-worthy hooks… hellacious screams… gloriously heavy guitars’). unpeople have been...

Season 10 Episode 13: 2000 Trees Festival review (Feat. Anthony Green, I Am The Avalanche, Arcane Roots and more) Matt and James went to 2000 Trees and…SPOILER ALERT…had a wonderful time. Join us as we discuss our thoughts on the festival, from the perspective of going with mates and also going with a child! We chat about all the amazing bands we saw, including the likes of I Am The Avalanche, Car...

Season 10 Episode 12: 2000 Trees Festival preview (Feat. Mouth Culture, Truck Violence, Native James and more) Matt and James are off to 2000 Trees and this is our preview! We are super excited to get stuck into this wonderful festival, which we are ashamed to say that we have never attended before, but always looked on from afar with jealousy and admiration. We talk you through the unbelievable b...

Season 10 Episode 11: Slam Dunk Festival review (Feat. Unpeople, Dashboard Confessional, ‘A’ and more) Matt went to Slam Dunk and have a lovely time! Want to hear his thoughts, of course you do! Join us and we discuss the day and the many many bands who were playing in a boiling hot field! Matt tells all about his day, a disastrous Jelly Babies incident, the next big band that everyone needs to kn...

Season 10 Episode 10: Slam Dunk Festival preview (Feat. Static Dress, Taking Back Sunday, Goldfinger and more) Matt and James sit down to discuss this year’s exciting edition of the mighty Slam Dunk Festival. Matt will be attending once again, so we thought we should chat about two of our favourite things, emo bands and logistics! We work our way through the set times (the correct one after James...

Season 10 Episode 9: Time is running out (Feat. Like Roses, Future Teens, Angine de Poitrine and more) As Matt Bellamy once said, time is running out. We’re backs against the wall at Emo Dad HQ so we thought we’d do a quick ep to tie the season up and give us a little bit of breathing space. We’re against the clock so are an effort to stay FOCUSED and to the point, which basically means that Matt...

Season 10 Episode 8: Emo Dad talks to LØLØ Matt and James were delighted to sit down for a lovely chat with pop-rock trailblazer LØLØ. If you aren’t already familiar with LØLØ from her collaborations with Simple Plan and Maggie Lindemann , she has carved out a lane entirely her own, cementing herself as one of today’s most compelling, confessional voices with 150M+ global streams . Kerrang! called...

Season 10 Episode 7: Small gigs, big gigs and new music (Feat. Shoreline, Deftones, Ben Quad and more) After a very mini break, because life got in the way, Matt and James are back to have a little catch up. We discuss our experience at the tiny Arm’s Length show in Kingston, how it compares to seeing bands like Deftones in huge venues, and chat about whether we prefer polished big performances, o...

Season 10 Episode 6: Emo Dad talks to Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour Founder) Matt and James were super excited to sit down with Kevin Lyman, the legendary founder of the greatest punk rock festival on earth, Warped Tour. We discuss Kevin’s early days of putting on house shows and calling the police himself to get people to leave, when we hired an air hanger and accidentally shut down an airport, and bo...

Season 10 Episode 5: Emo Dad talks to Aaron Bruno (AWOLNATION, Barbarians of California) Matt and James were delighted to catch a quick chat (during a break in band practice) with the man behind megastars AWOLNATION and the incredible hardcore band Barbarians of California, and all round top guy, Aaron Bruno. We discuss the early days of life, going to see Strife and Snapcase in LA, being inspired...

Season 10 Episode 4: Arcane Roots deep dive (Feat. Arcane Roots, Biffy Clyro, Muse and more) Matt and James are a bit tired this week, but we battle on to bring you an episode that we’ve been meaning to do for actual years! We finally decide to deep dive into the career of one of our favourite bands, the incredible Arcane Roots. A band who started in our local scene, we’ve been watching them tear...

Season 10 Episode 3: Emo Dad talks to As It Is Matt and James are buzzing to bring you a truly special interview with the lovely lads from British-American rock band As It Is . We had an absolute blast chatting with them and, in true Emo Dad interview fashion, there are plenty of laughs, a few distractions, and the kind of questions most “proper” interviewers are too scared to ask. We dive into th...

Season 10 Episode 2: Emo Dad talks to The Click Five Matt and James were excited to sit down with Kyle, Ethan and Joe from The Click Five. The Click Five are a pop rock band who burst onto the scene in the mid 2000’s, quickly gaining popularity with their good locks and catchy songs. They quickly crashed the charts and became the most viewed band on Myspace. Their career saw them tour mega arenas...

Season 10 Episode 1: Preseason (10) Training (Feat. Jerry Built, First Day Back, Prodigal and more) Emo Dad are back!! That’s right, after a little Christmas break, Matt and James are back to entertain you with more pointless chat, alternative music hot takes and massive tangents! It’s preseason once again, and that means we have got the cones out, we’re doing our shuttle runs, and working on our...

Season 9 Episode 10: End of year review (Feat. Bloom, Novalists, Higher Power and more) Matt and James finish season 9 with a look back at 2025. As is tradition on all podcasts… we take a moment to reflect on what the year has been like for music. We discuss the incredible amount of impressive albums which have been released this year, by both big household name bands and smaller up and coming ban...

Season 9 Episode 9: Silly Goose live review (Feat. Silly Goose, Brutus, Excide and more) Matt and James sit down for a long overdue catch up. We discuss how the new Brutus live record is so good that it should almost be illegal before detailing our recent (excellent) experience of seeing the mighty Silly Goose live for the first time. We also discuss some very important topics such as missing flig...

Season 9 Episode 8: NO SAFE HAVEN update (Feat. NO SAFE HAVEN, Predisposed. and Riley!) Matt and James are finally ready to give the world what they have (not) been waiting for… a NO SAFE HAVEN update. We share progress on the band that we created as an experiment. The idea being to see whether we could write, record and release an actual EP of music with very limited talent, knowledge and equipme...

Season 9 Episode 7: Emo Dad chats to Alex Shipman (Producer/Director - P-Rock The Doc) Matt and James are delighted to be joined by producer and director, Alex Shipman, to discuss her new documentary about the infamous P-Rock tv channel, which graced our screens in the early 00’s. The doc covers the incredible story behind how the channel came to be, the bands that featured and upsetting the likes...

Season 9 Episode 6: Being led by ChatGPT (Feat. The Offspring, Halifax, Elliot Minor and more) Matt and James are totally unprepared for today’s episode, so like all experts these days, they ask ChatGPT to create some content to chat about, with mixed results. We end up discussing going to Warped Tour, emo ‘one hit wonders’, the albums which changed our lives, what it would be like to have Hayley...