While the emo boom is inextricable from the internet, it’s tied to physical space and a time I don’t think could ever exist again. A time when the earliest recordings from bands like Thursday and Saves the Day felt like they could change the world, but you’d never heard anything like them on TV or radio before; when the internet was accessible enough to spread word of new demos and DIY shows, but pre-MySpace platforms like message boards and LiveJournal were still too analog and isolated to make anyone famous.
