Hey mall rats, today we will be taking a look into Sadbois. What's up with them? Across all alt genres there are examples of emotive young men who wear their hearts on their sleeves, from indie pop and punk rock to metalcore and post hardcore. So we are going to listen to all of it to find out what through line makes a sad boy, a sadboi.
Photo of Invent Animate at The X Bar in Cupertino, CA. Oct 2023
Playlist
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Quantum Flux by Northlane on Singularity (Epitaph) -
Rosemary by Deftones on Koi no Yokan (Reprise) -
Meet My Maker by Loathe on A Stranger To You (SHARPTONE) -
Let It Wave by Oh, Sleeper on Bloodied / Unbowed (Solid State) -
Early Grave by The Contortionist on Our Bones (eOne Heavy) -
A Kiss for the Whole World x by Enter Shikari on A Kiss for the Whole World (SO) -
Threat Level Midnight by Neck Deep on Life’s Not Out to Get You (Hopeless) -
With You by Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory (Warner Bros.) -
Silver Swarm by Thornhill on BODIES (UNFD) -
Intrusive Thoughts by Darke Complex on Widow (Spinefarm) -
ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE by Bad Omens on THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND (Sumerian) -
Luminary by Misery Signals on Absent Light (UNFD) -
Bleed When You Ask Me by Cane Hill on Krewe D'Amour, Vol II (Self-Released) -
Applause of a Distant Crowd by VOLA on Applause of a Distant Crowd (Mascot) -
Keep Planting Flowers by Stick To Your Guns on Keep Planting Flowers (SHARPTONE) -
J.A.M.I.E. by Kaonashi feat. Anthony Green on I Want to Go Home. (Equal Vision) -
Words of Gratitude (Reimagined) by Hail The Sun on Reimagined (Equal Vision) -
Not Worth Saving by Skyler Acord on True Viridian (True Viridian) -
White Lighters by Greyhaven on Empty Black (Equal Vision) -
I Miss You by blink‐182 on blink-182 (Geffen) -
Even When I’m Not With You by Pierce the Veil on The Jaws of Life (Fearless) -
Rain by Unprocessed on Gold (Airforce1) -
The Way It Breaks by Loathe feat. Mansur Brown on A Stranger To You (SHARPTONE) -
SYNC.wav by Moodring on Stargazer (Epitaph) -
Self-Trepanation by Dance Gavin Dance on Happiness (Rise) -
Shadow Moses by Bring Me the Horizon on Sempiternal (Epitaph) -
Cancer by The Devil Wears Prada on Color Decay (Solid State) -
Blame It On Bad Luck by Bayside on Acoustic Volume 2 (Hopeless) -
Take My Head by Turnover on Peripheral Vision (Run for Cover) -
Long Division by Death Cab for Cutie on Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)