Taking Back Sunday

No emo band actually likes being called an emo band, but Taking Back Sunday should be proud: Where You Want to Be is quite possibly one of the best emo records ever made. It has everything you want from this type of record: white-knuckle intensity and an ability to sum up post-pubescent misery and sexual frustration with passion, literacy, precision and, like, a zillion hooks.

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