Season 8 Episode 7: The Emo Showdown Round 2! (Feat. Dashboard Confessional, The Get Up Kids, At the Drive In and more)

Matt and James move the great Emo Showdown into the next phase, as we bring you the quarter finals, semi finals and the GRAND FINAL!! Who will take the most coveted prize in music? Forget the Grammys, or the Kerrang! Awards, THIS is the prize that ever band has always dreamed of, emo dad facts!

It’s a tight run battle in some ‘matches’ and a drubbing in others, maybe there will be some surprises and maybe there will be a massive anti climax, you will only find out if you tune in.

Who will be crowned the greatest emo (and adjacent) band of them all? Listen now to find out.

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Season 8 Episode 6: The Emo Showdown Round 1! (Feat. Finch, My Chemical Romance, The Used and more)

Wow, do Matt and James have an episode for you today!!!

This week, after a quick update on how we are gettign on with writing a song for our new band; ‘No Safe Haven’, we dive into something very special.

With the help of the quizmaster, Mr ChatGPT, we bring you the greatest Emo Showdown of them all. That’s right, we will be pitting your favourite emo and post hardcore bands against each other, in a brutal battle of the best. Who will come out on top? Will My Chemical Romance get defeated by Thursday? Maybe LS Dunes will smash From First to Last? How will Glassjaw fare against the mighty At the Drive In? You will have to listen to find out, as we make our way through round 1 of this epic competition.

There will be surprises for us all…who will make it to the quarter finals and beyond?

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Season 8 Episode 5: Gigs, imitation and creativity (Feat. Bloom, Thursday, Poppy and more)

Matt and James sit down to chat more nonsense about alternative music and other random things.

After a dodgy start which caused discussion over whether or not we should re record the intro (we don’t….obvs) and an instant random thought which creates at least 5 minutes of non music related chat, we get back on track and discuss our experience at a recent gig, watching the Bloom, Callous Daoboys, Thursday and Silverstein.

Matt then has a game for James which leads to some in depth chat about girl of the moment, Poppy. As we look at Poppy’s career to date and discuss the crazy journey that she has been on to get her to where she is today.

We also have an update on our new BAND PROJECT, as James brings to the table some ideas and we invite you, the listener, to get involved.

Drop us a message and let us know your thoughts???

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Season 8 Episode 4: The state of the music industry (Feat. Greg Holden, Revenant, Wretch32 and more)

Matt and James actually bring you some insightful content this week.

That’s right, we have an episode which has been considered and researched, don’t get used to it.

This week we discuss the state of the music industry in 2025, inspired by our good friend Greg Holden, who has taken the bold move to keep his new album physical, and off streaming services. Is this incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? We discuss and dive deeper into the state of the industry, with plenty of interesting opinions by people that know way more than we do about the subject.

There are some genuinely interesting conversation points and we hope this episode gets you thinking, whether you’re an artist or a consumer.

Drop us a message and let us know your thoughts, and if you know more, maybe you might want to come on the pod and share your experience?

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Season 8 Episode 3: The start of the band (Feat. The Movielife, Crucial Dudes, Stray From the Path and more)

Matt and James officially announce their project for season 8 (and maybe beyond).

What’s happening? Listen in to find out what ridiculous idea Matt has come up with now, and learn how we plan to proceed with the project going forward? We don’t want to give too much away in this awkward blurb, but we will say that the band starts NOW, and you are invited to join.

Where will it take us? Probably nowhere, or maybe somewhere, who knows? What we do know, is it’ll be a lot of fun.

Listen in to find out what the f**k is going on!

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Season 8 Episode 1: Preseason (8) training (Feat. Daggermouth, Living with Lions, Arcy Drive and more)

Matt and James are BACK! That’s right Emo Dad fans…we have returned and we are here for SEASON 8!

As it tradition, we start with preseason training and we really need it, we both try to remember what it is we do and why! In this episode we discuss good intentions for a new year, James has some new stings to present and Matt struggles with Dropbox! We discuss some bands which we missed the first time around. We debate whether Bring Me the Horizon are actually good or not. James plays Matt some new bands and we announce an exciting new project for season 8.

All this and so much more nonsense.

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Season 7 Episode 14: Big fat Emo Dad quiz of the year (Feat. Members of Symposium, Her Heads On Fire, Say Anything and Buds.)

We are back for more Christmas fun and games with the big fat Emo Dad quiz of the year. Matt and James are excited to welcome the following courageous contenders… Joseph Grillo - Her Heads on Fire, Judas Knife, Garrison, instruction

Ross Cummins - Symposium, Big Spin

Meg Borges - Say it Anyway

Dan Wilson Stone (RETURNING CHAMPION)- Buds. , Dead Freights, Petty Squabbles Join as for a variety of fun rounds about the world of music and more. We bring back the ever popular ‘House or no House’ round from last year, as well as the intro round, and welcome some new rounds to varying degrees of success.

Expect total chaos, disagreements, lots of laughs and some fun stories from our guests.

Make sure you play along at home and let us know how you did?

This is our last episode of the season, we hope you have enjoyed our ramblings and madness, we will be back in the new year for Season 8!!!

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