Amateurs and Professionals

by Penfold

Amateurs and Professionals cover art

A quiet but profoundly influential release within the late-90s underground, this New Jersey band's full-length debut perfectly captures the vulnerability of second-wave emo. The shifting dynamics between hushed, melancholic guitar arpeggios and explosive, throat-shredding catharsis heavily defined the deeply sentimental, longing aesthetic of the genre.

Genres

  • Midwest Emo

Tracklist

  1. June
  2. M
  3. I'll Take You Everywhere
  4. Tuesday
  5. Traveling Theory
  6. Breathing Lessons
  7. Amateur Standing