Bicycle Inn - "Longsword (4th Place)"
Photo by Olivia St. Arnold Like many people, I have a complicated relationship with emo. It's one of those genres that I dislike the vast majority, but what I do like I absolutely adore. Bicycle Inn appear to be one of the bands that works for me, and could be my new musical obsession. The Boston band has a new single out, "Longsword (4th Place)." The song lands in this interesting space where it's both classic Midwest style emo and the more mainstream, TRL ready version. The song meanders through different points of leaning towards one or the other throughout, usually walking straight down the middle. And then there's the hardcore style screaming vocals that completely drew me in. "Longsword (4th Place)" also features some vocals from Ryan O'Rourke from Innerlove., and is one of the better punk songs of the year, nit just out of Boston but out of everything that we've covered. Bicycle Inn say of their latest single: “Longsword is about the strug...