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It's not quite the birth of emo -- if anything, Rites of Spring found themselves saddled with that peculiar honor -- but it's easy enough to imagine more than a few '90s bands taking the words as holy writ.
1y
As I continue my Dischord ventures I have been brought to yet another underrated Ian MacKaye band, Embrace. This one stems from a lot of the members associated with The Faith, which I covered not too long ago, and is yet another defining Emo album from Ian and Co. This is somehow scratching that Fugazi and The Clash itch with just how fun and groovy the music is here. It also very much blows my mind that there was a time where this was a pretty solid base of what Emo and Emocore was for a ... read more
Don't be fooled as so many have before - that band called "Embrace" that have an album called The Good Will Out are imposters to the throne. The REAL Embrace was an old DC band featuring Ian MacKaye post-Minor Threat and pre-Fugazi, along with three guys that Ian completely STOLE from The Faith, a band led by his poor defenseless brother Alec. After completely STEALING them, destroying Alec's f(F)aith and forcing him to create a truly mediocre band called Ignition, Ian and his Embrace ... read more
Ahead of its time for the emo genre no doubt about it though I enjoy it much more a punk album instead of an emo album if that makes sense
Gee, I wonder who this funny guy is singing on this album? I doubt he'll ever do much more than this, but it's fun while it lasts.
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Track List
| 1 | Give Me Back 2:30 | 83 |
| 2 | Dance of Days 2:16 | 86 |
| 3 | Building 1:58 | 87 |
| 4 | Past 1:53 | 83 |
| 5 | Spoke 1:59 | 82 |
| 6 | Do Not Consider Yourself Free 2:23 | 84 |
| 7 | No More Pain 3:11 | 85 |
| 8 | I Wish I 2:10 | 77 |
| 9 | Said Gun 2:10 | 76 |
| 10 | Can't Forgive 2:31 | 85 |
| 11 | Money 2:37 | 84 |
| 12 | If I Never Thought About It 2:31 | 79 |
| 13 | End of a Year 2:36 | 74 |
| 14 | Last Song 2:39 | 77 |
Total Length: 33 minutes
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7mo
Some killer stuff and probably my favorite release with Ian MacKaye's lead outside of Fugazi/Minor Threat. Still, like his other stuff, a lot of the songs bleed into one another sound-wise where there's too little factors that can distinguish the songs from each other, which is by far my least favorite aspect about his musical efforts.
11mo
"No More Pain" is the one emo song in the genre that does the best job representing what the emo ethos is and what the scene truly represents. Emotions are politics.