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3 Emo Bands Who Are Currently Reviving Midwest Emo, Winning Over My Millennial Heart

With the fifth wave of emo currently developing, Midwest emo has made a return, and these are three of the bands reviving the genre.

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We’re now feeling the effects of the “emo revival” of the late 2000s and early 2010s. This is known as the fourth wave of emo. We’re currently experiencing a fifth wave of emo, and I agree, these waves are getting hard to keep up with. Let’s make it simple by focusing on bands who are currently reviving Midwest emo.

Many would agree that Hot Mulligan is at the forefront of this new era of emo revival. Their 2020 sophomore album, You’ll Be Fine, became the band’s most notorious early work. Songs such as “*Equip Sunglasses*” and “BCKYRD” were early fan favorites and remain among their most streamed tracks. The Michigan-based band blended emo with pop-punk into what is quite reminiscent of early 2010s fourth wave emo, especially bands like The Wonder Years.

Hot Mulligan has released four........

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