Departures and Landfalls

by Boys Life

Departures and Landfalls cover art

The Kansas City quartet delivered an immensely powerful, sprawling masterclass of second-wave emo on their sophomore album. The incredibly dynamic compositions seamlessly oscillate between the delicate, slow-building tension of post-rock and the raw, explosive emotional catharsis of mid-90s punk. Its heavily atmospheric, meticulously structured approach had a profound, lasting impact on the development of complex underground emo.

Genres

  • Midwest Emo
  • Post-Rock

Tracklist

  1. Fire Engine Red
  2. All Of The Negatives
  3. Twenty Four Of Twenty Five
  4. Radio Towers
  5. Sleeping Off Summer
  6. Calendar Year
  7. Friends For That
  8. Painted Smiles