Phargo

From: Morgan City, Louisiana

Genre: Emo, Indie, Noise Rock

For Fans Of: Snowing, Nai Harvest, You Blew It!

If there is one thing I have begun to learn about my own tastes, it is that I have a hard time finding many twinkly emo bands I thoroughly enjoy. I find that the style of the genre often gets far too rooted in repetition or show off-y-ness, problems I believe it shares with technical death metal. While I may dislike twinkly emo for the most part I do, however, thoroughly enjoy emo that pushes the boundaries of what the genre is allowed to be. For this exact reason I admire bands like Nai Harvest and You Blew It! who push the envelope a bit, adding their unique twists to the genre, and now, by extension, enjoy Phargo.

While nothing Phargo does is truly groundbreaking, it is at the same time significantly more interesting than many of the bands who rev up their jazz masters and twinkle away while looking sad on stage. Phargo forgoes this route completely, instead opting to layer their sadness under a layer of fuzz, adding a slight noise rock element to their sound. This makes all the difference as they progress through several track of slow to mid tempo sad tunes, making you feel like you belong in some indie movie about an awkward teenager who has problems talking to the opposite sex. Yes, this is truly music that would fit aptly in the earphones of almost any character played by Michael Cera (minus maybe "This Is The End", where we all saw his true colors), and that is not meant as an insult. If you're looking for your next album to dramatically stare at your feet or look out a passenger side car window to, look no further, because Phargo has got you covered.

Free Tunes: https://phargo.bandcamp.com/