20.8.2026 introductions to the genre

music recs for people who are just getting into the emo genre or are first time listeners

1) cute without the 'e' - taking back sunday

2) helena - my chemical romance

3) thank you for the venom - my chemical romance

4) all that i've got - the used

5) our lawyer - fall out boy

6) sugar we're going down - fall out boy

7) private eye - alkaline trio

8) bite to break skin - senses fail

9) at your funeral - saves the day

10) makedamnsure - taking back sunday

11) great romances of the 20th century - taking back sunday

12) famous last words - my chemical romance

13) ohio is for lovers - hawthorne heights

14) roses for the dead - funeral for a friend

15) note to self - from first to last

16) deathbed - alkaline trio

17) cemetary drive - my chemical romance

18) emergency - paramore

19) there's a class for this - cute is what we aim for

20) poetic tragedy - the used