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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical instruments</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>guitar</li><li>bass</li><li>drums</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Derivative forms</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Emo_revival" title="Emo revival">Emo revival</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">Post-rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Post-hardcore" title="Post-hardcore">post-hardcore</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Midwest emo</b> (or <b>Midwestern emo</b><sup id="cite_ref-gig_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gig-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) refers to the <a href="/wiki/Emo" title="Emo">emo</a> scene and/or subgenre<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that developed in the 1990s <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a>. Employing unconventional vocal stylings, distinct guitar riffs and <a href="/wiki/Arpeggio" title="Arpeggio">arpeggiated</a> melodies,<sup id="cite_ref-sputnik_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sputnik-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midwest emo bands shifted away from the genre's <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk">hardcore punk</a> roots and drew on <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Math_rock" title="Math rock">math rock</a> approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_Math_Rock:_Part_One_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_Math_Rock:_Part_One-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the author and critic <a href="/wiki/Andy_Greenwald" title="Andy Greenwald">Andy Greenwald</a>, "this was the period when emo earned many, if not all, of the stereotypes that have lasted to this day: boy-driven, glasses-wearing, overly sensitive, overly brainy, chiming-guitar-driven college music."<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwald,_34-35_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwald,_34-35-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midwest emo is sometimes used interchangeably with <b>second-wave emo</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although implied by the name, Midwest emo does not solely refer to bands and artists from the Midwestern United States, and the style is played by outfits across the United States and internationally.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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progressions"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and arpeggiated guitar melodies.<sup id="cite_ref-sputnik_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sputnik-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midwest emo is also commonly associated with the use of <a href="/wiki/Math_rock" title="Math rock">math rock</a> elements.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_Math_Rock:_Part_One_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_Math_Rock:_Part_One-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Texas_Is_the_Reason" title="Texas Is the Reason">Texas Is the Reason</a> guitarist Norman Brannon has stated that the 1993 albums <i><a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_Me" title="The Problem with Me">The Problem with Me</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Seam_(band)" title="Seam (band)">Seam</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/In_on_the_Kill_Taker" title="In on the Kill Taker">In on the Kill Taker</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fugazi" title="Fugazi">Fugazi</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Mouth" title="On the Mouth">On the Mouth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Superchunk" title="Superchunk">Superchunk</a> were particularly influential on the development of Midwest emo and have been "name-checked by every second-wave emo band I knew".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Post-hardcore" title="Post-hardcore">Post-hardcore</a> band <a href="/wiki/Jawbox" title="Jawbox">Jawbox</a> also impacted the sound of Midwest emo, being cited as an influence by such bands as <a href="/wiki/Braid_(band)" title="Braid (band)">Braid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elliott_(band)" title="Elliott (band)">Elliott</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_June" title="The Jazz June">the Jazz June</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The definable traits of the Midwest emo have proven to be easily fused with other genres of underground <a href="/wiki/Independent_music" title="Independent music">independent music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Emo_revival" title="Emo revival">Revival</a> bands including <a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_a_Beautiful_Place_%26_I_Am_No_Longer_Afraid_to_Die" title="The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die">The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die</a> mixed the Midwestern emo sound with genres such as <a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">post-rock</a> and orchestral music.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other outfits, including Patterns Make Sunrise, The Pennikurvers, and <a href="/wiki/Everyone_Asked_About_You" title="Everyone Asked About You">Everyone Asked About You</a>, introduced elements of <a href="/wiki/Twee_pop" title="Twee pop">twee pop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">indie pop</a> into the sound of Midwest emo.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proved influential to the aforementioned <a href="/wiki/Emo_revival" title="Emo revival">Emo revival</a> scene, with groups like <a href="/wiki/Dowsing_(band)" title="Dowsing (band)">Dowsing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empire!_Empire!_(I_Was_a_Lonely_Estate)" title="Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)">Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)</a> taking a similar approach. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midwest_emo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Capn-jazz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Capn-jazz.jpg/220px-Capn-jazz.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Capn-jazz.jpg/330px-Capn-jazz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Capn-jazz.jpg/440px-Capn-jazz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>Cap'n Jazz in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>The Midwest emo scene came into prominence starting in the mid-1990s with bands such as <a href="/wiki/American_Football_(band)" title="American Football (band)">American Football</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-reader-1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reader-1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_(band)" title="Chamberlain (band)">Chamberlain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Promise_Ring" title="The Promise Ring">The Promise Ring</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-gig_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gig-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cap%27n_Jazz" title="Cap'n Jazz">Cap'n Jazz</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-spin-oliver_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spin-oliver-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cursive_(band)" title="Cursive (band)">Cursive</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Maria" title="Rainer Maria">Rainer Maria</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mineral_(band)" title="Mineral (band)">Mineral</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Get_Up_Kids" title="The Get Up Kids">The Get Up Kids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reader-2nd-wave_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reader-2nd-wave-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Braid_(band)" title="Braid (band)">Braid</a> has been regarded as an important act to propel the Midwest emo sound across the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-chicago_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the acts to practice the sound were originally not from the Midwestern United States, with <a href="/wiki/Sunny_Day_Real_Estate" title="Sunny Day Real Estate">Sunny Day Real Estate</a> being from <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> and Mineral being from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reader-2nd-wave_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reader-2nd-wave-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Midwest emo saw a notable resurgence over the late 2000s and early 2010s with labels such as <a href="/wiki/Count_Your_Lucky_Stars_Records" title="Count Your Lucky Stars Records">Count Your Lucky Stars Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as by bands such as <a href="/wiki/CSTVT" title="CSTVT">CSTVT</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-chicago_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Houston" title="Oliver Houston">Oliver Houston</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-spin-oliver_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spin-oliver-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Camping_in_Alaska" title="Camping in Alaska">Camping in Alaska</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Into_It._Over_It." title="Into It. 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