Dalton
@daltdisney.bsky.social
5th Wave Emo Archivist • Writer • MA
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My favorite song of the year so far. The perfect modern folk song. Excellent songwriting and structure, stellar playing, clever lyrics, and wonderful production courtesy of Philip Weinrobe. I can't stop replaying it.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My favorite song of the year so far. The perfect modern folk song. Excellent songwriting and structure, stellar playing, clever lyrics, and wonderful production courtesy of Philip Weinrobe. I can't stop replaying it.
I still have A LOT to listen to, but these are my favorite emo releases of the year so far.
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I still have A LOT to listen to, but these are my favorite emo releases of the year so far.
Currently Getting Killed by Geese
September 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Currently Getting Killed by Geese
My recent on-repeat.
September 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My recent on-repeat.
So many love songs that grapple with long distance fall flat, but this is an all-timer.
September 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So many love songs that grapple with long distance fall flat, but this is an all-timer.
The new kurayamisaka album is fantastic. Great, noisy and catchy Japanese emogaze record courtesy of tomoran, one of the best labels Japan's underground has to offer.
September 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The new kurayamisaka album is fantastic. Great, noisy and catchy Japanese emogaze record courtesy of tomoran, one of the best labels Japan's underground has to offer.
Charlie Kirk claimed to be pro-life, but now he's dead. So which one is it, Kirk? 🤨
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Charlie Kirk claimed to be pro-life, but now he's dead. So which one is it, Kirk? 🤨
Been watching a lot of movies with friends recently, so I started a Letterboxd like every loser does. Here's my recents.
September 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Been watching a lot of movies with friends recently, so I started a Letterboxd like every loser does. Here's my recents.
Favs of 2024 for the r/Emo poll.
August 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Favs of 2024 for the r/Emo poll.
This has maybe been the best month of my life, and I'm very happy (and proud of myself) to be in a really good place for the first time in a long time.
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This has maybe been the best month of my life, and I'm very happy (and proud of myself) to be in a really good place for the first time in a long time.
Holy shit, the final godfuck show is happening at my local venue and on a day I won't be scheduled. Life is good.
August 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Holy shit, the final godfuck show is happening at my local venue and on a day I won't be scheduled. Life is good.
And 2021. Maybe my favorite year of the bunch.
August 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And 2021. Maybe my favorite year of the bunch.
Here's my selections for 2020, the first year that "5th wave emo" became a popular term to describe the newly developed scene(s).
August 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here's my selections for 2020, the first year that "5th wave emo" became a popular term to describe the newly developed scene(s).
Here's the 2019 list.
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Here's the 2019 list.
The r/Emo subreddit has been doing a 'best album of each year' list from 1985-today for a couple weeks now, and I've mainly been spectacting.
But today, they reached 2018 (and 5th wave), so I decided to throw together a list of noteworthy releases.
But today, they reached 2018 (and 5th wave), so I decided to throw together a list of noteworthy releases.
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The r/Emo subreddit has been doing a 'best album of each year' list from 1985-today for a couple weeks now, and I've mainly been spectacting.
But today, they reached 2018 (and 5th wave), so I decided to throw together a list of noteworthy releases.
But today, they reached 2018 (and 5th wave), so I decided to throw together a list of noteworthy releases.
Shoutout @camptrashband.bsky.social and @franziamom.bsky.social 🤟
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Shoutout @camptrashband.bsky.social and @franziamom.bsky.social 🤟
That said, I'm hyped for Revolution Summer Fest day one. This bill is sick.
Who else is pulling up to hang?
Who else is pulling up to hang?
August 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
That said, I'm hyped for Revolution Summer Fest day one. This bill is sick.
Who else is pulling up to hang?
Who else is pulling up to hang?
Man, now that I'm unc status and have a full time job, it hits extra hard when an artist cancels a show last minute. Like, come on, I used a PTO day for that.
August 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Man, now that I'm unc status and have a full time job, it hits extra hard when an artist cancels a show last minute. Like, come on, I used a PTO day for that.
Shoutout to My Point of You (and Fake Pollocks). Cool ass people. Was a great weekend.
August 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Shoutout to My Point of You (and Fake Pollocks). Cool ass people. Was a great weekend.
The Sequoia boxset from Numero Group arrived today. I apologize for being crass, but I can't lie, I came a lil bit when unboxing this.
It's easily the coolest thing I own now and proof that I am the most insufferable of emo nerds: a historian.
It's easily the coolest thing I own now and proof that I am the most insufferable of emo nerds: a historian.
July 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Sequoia boxset from Numero Group arrived today. I apologize for being crass, but I can't lie, I came a lil bit when unboxing this.
It's easily the coolest thing I own now and proof that I am the most insufferable of emo nerds: a historian.
It's easily the coolest thing I own now and proof that I am the most insufferable of emo nerds: a historian.