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Through Being Cool
Rock · 1999 · 12 tracks

Through Being Cool

Saves the Day

High-velocity emo that trades hardcore aggression for suburban anxiety. Sharp, melodic guitars and hyper-specific lyrics about the physical toll of heartbreak.

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The record that basically invented the 2000s emo sound while the band was still in college.

A high-energy burst of suburban anxiety and hyper-vivid heartbreak.

Through Being Cool · vs · Saves the Day
Basement Show+2.1σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
All-Star Me
1:46
02
You Vandal
2:30
03
Shoulder to the Wheel
3:22
04
Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
3:30
05
Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots
2:40
06
Third Engine
3:42
07
My Sweet Fracture
3:54
08
The Vast Spoils of America (From the Badlands Through the Ocean)
3:10
09
The Last Lie I Told
2:26
10
Do You Know What I Love the Most?
1:37
11
Through Being Cool
2:06
12
Banned From the Back Porch
3:00
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic, palm-muted opening of All-Star Me that sets the album's breathless pace.
The infectious 'whoa-oh' harmonies in the chorus of Shoulder to the Wheel.
The jarringly graphic anatomical imagery in Rocks Tonic Juice Magic delivered with a bright pop melody.
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