#jack’s mannequin

[singedfingers]

Water collages

Words by Jack’s Mannequin (top) & T.S. Eliot (bottom)

[jasondeansgothwife]

i’m not emo but i do believe in their beliefs so. if you’re looking for some great (in my opinion, at least) emo albums you may not have heard of before, here’s a little list i made of underrated* emo album recs:

say anything — “is a real boy”

bright eyes — “fevers and mirrors”

jack’s mannequin — “everything in transit”

hey monday — “hold on tight”

the academy is… — “almost here”

matchbook romance — “stories and alibis”

death cab for cutie — “plans”

saves the day — “stay what you are”

midtown — “living well is the best revenge”

cute is what we aim for — “the same old blood rush with a new touch”

taking back sunday — “tell all your friends”

forgive durden — “when you’re alone, you’re not alone”

framing hanley — “the moment”

*by underrated, i don’t mean no one knows about these bands or albums. they’re just outside of the category of super well-known, “emo trinity” type stuff. just wanted to make this clear so no one gets mad at me! XD

these are just some of my personal favorites, and i’d love it if people would rb this and add more albums!

[thebohemianloner]

Where are you now?

As I rearrange the songs again, this mix could burn a hole in anyone;

But it was you I was thinking of.

[thedollopheadofcamelot]

Might I offer this:

“You gotta swim

Swim for your life

Swim for the music

That saves you

When you're not so sure you'll survive

You gotta swim

And swim when it hurts

The whole world is watching

You haven't come this far

To fall off the earth

The currents will pull you

Away from your love

Just keep your head above

I found a tidal wave

Begging to tear down the dawn

Memories like bullets

They fired at me from a gun

Cracking the armor yeah

I swim for brighter days

Despite of the absence of sun

Choking on salt water

I'm not giving in

Swim

You gotta swim

Through nights that won't end

Swim for your families

Your lovers, your sisters, and brothers and friends

Yeah you gotta swim

Through wars without cause

Swim for the lost politicians

Who don't see their greed as a flaw

The currents will pull us

Away from our love

Just keep your head above!

I found a tidal wave

Begging to tear down the dawn

Memories like bullets

They fired at me from a gun

Cracking the armor yeah

I swim for brighter days

Despite of the absense of sun

Choking on salt water

I'm not giving in

I'm not giving in

I swim

You gotta swim!

Swim in the dark

There's no shame in driftin’

Feel the tide shiftin’

And wait for the spark

Yeah you gotta swim

Don't let yourself sink

Just find the horizon

I promise you it's not as far as you think

The currents will drag us away from our love

Just keep your head above

Just keep your head above

Swim

Just keep your head above

Swim

Swim

Just keep your head above

Swim”

~ Swim by Jack’s Mannequin

[thisperfectmonsoon]

I swear I didn’t mean for it to feel like this // like every inch of me is bruised, bruised 🌃

[please-picturemeintheweeds]

How'd you meet your partner?

Bumble!! But we would have met regardless because they lived next door to my boss (who was a grad student) in an apartment building down the street from my internship, and street parking was a nightmare downtown so we were both always on foot and frequenting the same coffee shops! AND! We had been to multiple of the same Jack’s mannequin concerts around the state, as far back as 2012, 6 years before we met (fun fact, I started listening to Jack antonoff when I saw Steel Train open for Jack’s Mannequin at a tiny venue called the black sheep)

invisible string indeed!!!!!!! My partner even played that song for me for Christmas a few years ago because it’s so us coded 😭

[prismravine]

1. fleetwood mac - the chain

2. trophy eyes - figure eight

3. red hot chili peppers - californication

4. knuckle puck - the tower

5. brand new - jude law and a semester abroad

6. real friends - summer

7. jack’s mannequin - the mixed tape

8. paramore - ignorance

9. thrice - all that’s left

10. +44 - weatherman

11. panic! at the disco - lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off

12. spanish love songs - bellyache

13. system of a down - toxicity

14. modern baseball - i think you were in my profile picture once

15. him - acoustic funeral

16. borns - 10,000 emerald pools

17. taking back sunday - new american classic

18. the all-american rejects - drive away

19. the postal service - clark gable

20. linkin park - in the end

21. the devil wears prada - salt

22. all time low - the girl’s a straight up hustler

23. the almost - drive there now!

24. atmosphere - who i’ll never be

25. the yeah yeah yeahs - spitting off the edge of the world

[jasondeansgothwife]

don’t think i ever loved you more — frerard playlist

the dollyrots — my best friend’s hot

gerard way — baby, you’re a haunted house

jack’s mannequin — la la lie

bush — glycerine

frnkiero and the cellabration — all i want is nothing

kelly clarkson — behind these hazel eyes

pencey prep — florida plates

mayday parade — jersey

smashing pumpkins — perfect

tori amos — baker baker

bright eyes — poison oak

frank iero and the future violence — medicine square garden

[medi0creismymiddlename]

🧠 🔌 ❤️

[chromaticfades]

Today’s Holiday Song: Jack’s Mannequin - “The Lights And Buzz”

[suzteel]

I swim for brighter days

Despite of the absence of sun

Choking on salt water

I'm not giving in

I swim

[herowneyes]

Shenanigans Await

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[nosound-allaround]

tortured poets has chris carrabba and andrew mcmahon all over it. and early fall out boy, the way she crams long phrases into single measures. it’s an emo album!!

[wardlow]

I had the absolute best evening yesterday. My husband surprised me with tickets to see Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness in the morning since this weekend has been emotionally rough on me. It was an absolutely amazing show… I danced, I sang, I cried when he did Watch The Sky. Now I’ve seen all three of his bands. This man has been such a big part of my life for the last 20 years… I owe him a lot.

I will crawl

There’s things that are worth giving up, I know

But I won’t let this get me

I will fight

You live the life you’re given with the storms outside

And somedays, all I do is watch the sky

[perfectplaces]

DARK BLUE DARK BLUE HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ALONE IN A CROWDED ROOM🗣️🗣️🗣️