Man!
I just downloaded the RITES OF SPRING album. Rites of Spring were an early (perhaps the first) emo band from '85. They were one of my favourite bands when I was 16. I remember sitting in my room, in bed or on the floor, listening to the album and their 7" over and over again with the lyric sheet splayed out in front of me.

I related SO MUCH to their lyrics! And the wild chaotic music, the screaming, the excited rush! My god, I'm listening to "End on End" right now for the first time in years and years and it is everything I remember.

A lot of the songs deal with lonliness. Solitude. The unbridgeable gulf between you and I, in spite of our physical proximity. The danger and hurt of words. And so on! RAAAAAWWWWRRR!!!!

Some lyrics:
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Current Music: Rites of Spring - End On End