Shortly after Carolinas indie label Tiny Engines launched in 2008, it became a crucial outlet for the burgeoning fourth-wave emo scene, releasing material by bands such as Tigers Jaw, Restorations, and Hotelier, which began breaking out in the mid-2010s . A few years ago, the label began to aggressively expand beyond the sounds that characterized its early years, and in the process inadvertently highlighted the ways many contemporary punk and indie-rock outfits borrow from emo. But It Looks Sad, a melancholic duo from Charlotte, North Carolina, lean on UK postpunk for their mope quota more than anything that could be described as emo (though I do hear strains of the latter).…
Shortly after Carolinas indie label Tiny Engines launched in 2008, it became a crucial outlet for the burgeoning fourth-wave emo scene, releasing material by bands such as Tigers Jaw, Restorations, and Hotelier, which began breaking out in the mid-2010s . A few years ago, the label began to aggressively expand beyond the sounds that characterized its early years, and in the process inadvertently highlighted the ways many contemporary punk and indie-rock outfits borrow from emo. But It Looks Sad, a melancholic duo from Charlotte, North Carolina, lean on UK postpunk for their mope quota more than anything that could be described as emo (though I do hear strains of the latter).…