Into It. Over It. - Standards (2016)

Genre: Emo / Indie / Acoustic
Website: Myspace
For Fans Of: You Blew It!, Their / They're / There, Pet Symmetry
Track List:
- Open Casket
- Closing Argument
- No EQ
- Vis Major
- Your Lasting Image
- Old Lace & Ivory
- Adult Contempt
- Required Reading
- Bible Black
- Who Are You ≠ Where You Are
- Anesthetic
- The Circle of the Same Ideas

Description:
Into It. Over It. is the indie rock solo project of Chicago musician Evan Thomas Weiss.  It is considered one of the leading acts in the emo revival scene of the 2010's.  You may know his other projects as well, such as Their / They're / There alongside Mike Kinsella and Pet Symmetry with those dudes from Dowsing.  Anyway, check this out.

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Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (2015)

Genre: Indie / Folk / Acoustic
Website: Bandcamp
For Fans Of: Japanese Breakfast, Bon Iver, Daughter
Track List:
- Blacktop
- Sprained Ankle
- Brittle Boned
- Everybody Does
- Good News
- Something
- Rejoice
- Vessels
- Go Home

Description:
I actually got really uncomfortable with not writing something about this album after looking at it for the past hour or so.  I'm going to post a video of a live version of Rejoice which is my favorite song from the album.  Julien Baker is the epitome of writing sad songs about sad shit and being sad, and also death.  She really enjoys writing about death.  Or maybe she doesn't enjoy writing about death and it's the only thing she is familiar with.  I'm not too sure about that, but what I am sure about is that I missed out on getting one of the 100 pressed white vinyl records, I missed out on her album in it's entirety up until this point and I am vowing right now that I will never miss anything that this woman does ever again.  She's just amazing.  Watch the video, and the download link will be right below it!

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Alcoa - Parlour Tricks (2015)

Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Indie
Website: Bandcamp
For Fans Of: Chuck Ragan, Owen, Rocky Votolato
Track List:
- Old Habits
- All Dolled Up
- Codebreaker
- It Won't Get Better
- Always Chasing Me
- Come & Go
- Poison Acquaintance
- 13 Years Bad Luck
- For Holden
- Rations
- Famous Last Words

Description:
Singer / Songwriter Derek Archambault, who you may know from Defeater, has potentially the greatest acoustic album I've heard in the last 10 years in 2015's "Parlour Tricks".  You may remember listening to a song called "I Don't Mind" on Defeater's album "Empty Days & Sleepless Nights" and thinking 'Wow, what a change of pace for this band, but I fucking love it'.  Well, if you're like me when you found out the guy who sang it decided to create an acoustic group you were ecstatic.  (He even did an acoustic version of "I Don't Mind" on the previous EP).  Anyway, I think most people are quite familiar with Alcoa by now, but if you haven't heard "Parlour Tricks" yet, I would highly recommend that you give it a listen.

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