Finding Emo

Let's talk about punk rock with a violin! Specifically, Yellowcard's super successful Ocean Avenue album. Spoiler alert: Blake doesn't shut up about how much he like's all of Yellowcard's bridges in their songs.  Ocean Avenue on Spotify and Apple Music The OKC Green Door show was Oct 22, 2003 and Ocean Avenue was released on radio Dec 16, 2003, for reference. Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, Th...

Kyle and Kris are huge MXPX fans. Blake, not so much. Truth be told, he listened to this album for the first time the day of the episode recording. Therefore, he's clueless as to what constitutes an appropriate MXPX tattoo (don't worry, Kris and Kyle set him straight). 

On this episode we talk about The Starting Line’s underrated sophomore effort, Based On A True Story. While the lead single originally left a very very bad taste in Kris and Blake’s collective mouths, they’ve since come around to realizing what Kyle knew all along; this album is a masterpiece. Note: While this is technically edited to be “clean”, we do talk at length about the song Bedroom Talk so...

The guys talk about their fellow Oklahomies, The All-American Rejects, and their self-titled debut album from 2002. And what a pop-tastic album it is, indeed! Note: Our Twitter account is still suspended, so hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, or at info@findingemopod.com

For those complaining the podcast doesn't have enough drama, do we have an episode for you! Okay, so maybe it's not as much drama as there ever was between Brand New and Taking Back Sunday, but let's just say our feelings for Brand New and their debut album Your Favorite Weapon are complicated. Note re: t-shirt review contest - Don't tweet us, as we're still suspended. Instead, email info@findinge...

The fellas talk about Chris Carabba's pre-Dashboard Confessional band (or mid-Dashboard band, depending how you look at the timeline), Further Seems Forever and their debut album, The Moon Is Down. Spoiler alert: We all have man-crushes on Chris Carabba.

Here's on that's on everyone's top 20 emo albums. The Get Up Kids' Something To Write Home About is a classic. And yes, we realize we've done more 90s albums that 2000s at this point.

Yes, we realize we're only 3 episodes into this and we've done 2 pop-punk albums. But, we think they're the two that influenced a lot of the pop-punk and emo in the years following. Plus, it's our podcast soooo we'll do what we want.

As adolescent males in 1999, we were required by law to know every lyric of this album, so it's got a real special place in our musical history and influence. And yet, Kris learned things he never knew about this album during this episode. If you dig, subscribe! If you dig, also rate us! And reach out at info@findingemopod.com @findingemopod on Twitter findingemopod.com

On the inaugural episode of the podcast, the guys go track by track through Jimmy Eat World's 1999 masterpiece Clarity and talk about how it influenced a generation of bands.