Emo grew out of hardcore punk in Washington, D.C. during the mid-1980s, when bands including Rites of Spring and Embrace pushed personal writing and more expressive vocals into a scene built on hardcore’s intensity. By the 1990s, Sunny Day Real Estate and a larger indie-rock generation had carried emo toward more melodic, dynamic and structurally varied music.
Italian Party 2026 documents Italy’s emo scene through several bands. Mock Bishop arrive through Midwest emo.
junejunejuly place fifth-wave emo inside a debut shared by five DIY labels in the USA, the UK, China, Japan and the EU.
