Midwest emo

[7] According to The Chicago Reader critic Leor Galil, the second-wave bands of the Midwest emo scene "transformed the angular fury of D.C. emo into something malleable, melodic, and cathartic—its common features included cycling guitar parts, chugging bass lines, and unconventional singing that sounded like a sweet neighbor kid with no vocal training but plenty of heart.

Revival bands including The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die mixed the Midwestern emo sound with genres such as post-rock and orchestral music.

The Midwest emo scene came into prominence starting in the mid-1990s with bands such as American Football,[8] Chamberlain,[16] the Promise Ring,[1] Cap'n Jazz,[17] Cursive,[18] Rainer Maria,[19] Mineral and the Get Up Kids.

[21][22] Some of the acts to practice the sound were originally not from the Midwestern United States, with Sunny Day Real Estate being from Washington and Mineral being from Texas.

[20] Midwest emo saw a notable resurgence over the late 2000s and early 2010s with labels such as Count Your Lucky Stars Records,[23] as well as by bands such as CSTVT,[21] Oliver Houston,[17] Camping in Alaska,[24] Into It.