New Corporate Retreat Gig!
Corporate Retreat is banding together again to play a gig at The Exchange (Bristol) supported by The Trapdoor Spiders and Joey Dawson.
Date:
Get your ticket here, and catch Corporate Retreat at The Exchange on 16th June. It’s going to be loud, sharp, and probably the best decision you make that week. Don’t wait for someone else to tell you how good it was.
Where am I?
Welcome to the front page of Emo in Bristol. Enjoy some fine music from some fine people in Bristol, and maybe the odd post or two about acts you should check out.
Latest Releases
Corporate Retreat
"It's all I really need."
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"Everything is fucked!"
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Gunkus
An awesome Gunkus album.
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More great mellow stuff from Patrick.
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Who are you?
We are a rag-tag group of musicians in Bristol. We love making music together. Andrew Wray is the primary maintainer of this website, and loves to promote Emo, Punk, epunk and more! All-in-all, we are:
- Andrew Wray (Leonardo Lemuel)
- Patrick Fenton (Gunkus)
- Chris Beale (Chris Vox)
- Mike Owen (everyone's friend)
- Together... "Corporate Retreat!" (Our punk band in Bristol)
- And various other acts...
What even is Emo, anyway?
Start with what Emo is not.
Emo is not:
- My Chemical Romance (okay, maybe that first album?)
- Green Day (That first album tho)
- Blink 182
- Bullet for My Valentine (sorry guy!)
- Fall Out Boy
- Most of the 1990's and 2000's
- Wearing fashion
- Being sad because your girlfriend fucked Todd
- Those stupid fucking belts
Emo is:
- 1983 - Rites of Spring
- 1985 - Embrace
- 1989 - Cap'n Jazz
- 1990 - Drive Like Jehu
- 1993 - Braid
- 1995 - The Promise Ring
- 1995 - Rainer Maria
- 1995 - Bright Eyes
- 1995 - Cursive
- 1998 - Rilo Kiley
- 2001 - Desaparecidos
- 2005 - Algernon Cadwallader
- This guy (Love you, Sam!)
- "The bands that Sam Grudgings will tell Andrew aren't Emo, but they are. Like, it's all a matter of perspective, and honestly if you feel it in your heart then you know it's like..."
- Too many bands and songs to name
- "The stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard in my entire life." ("Come on, man!")