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It’s been a tough day here at ITM HQ. We’ve been stuck racking our brains trying to figure out exactly which level of hell has spawned this atrocious new sub genre that’s being called both ‘emo-house’ and ‘crabcore’. The seemingly too-awful-to-be-true genre came to our attention with the new clip from punks Attack Attack! and their single Stick Stickly, which looks to become a new meme thanks to the band’s nimble crustacean-like moves.
The track itself is a mess of contradictions, as the uniformly black T-shirted band (with matching straightened hair, no less) break out with some overblown thrashing and throat-scraping screams, they then decide to throw in some synchronized mosh-moves, crab-walks, piano-ballad solos, auto-tuned verses and then… wait for it… a thumping Euro-house breakdown. It’s like somebody had diarrhea of the brain.
Attack Attack!’s strides in the development of emo-house come hot on the heels of that other dreadful combo, emo-crunk, made famous by the severely challenged quartet BrokeNCYDE. That group just released their debut album of cringe worthy emo-rap, featuring songs such as Freaxxx, Get Crunk! and Sex Toyz. You can’t make this stuff up.
It’s not every day that we get to be there at the birth of a brand new genre, so we all should feel pretty privileged right to bear witness to the beginning of emo-house, right? Yet somehow, we’re feeling more queasy and disturbed than anything. It’s like we’ve eaten some bad chicken. Or in this case, some bad crabs…
ITM doesn’t expect anyone to be able to sit through the whole thing, but at least skip to the 2.46 mark for the cheese-house part…
i_have_ADD says...
CRABCORE!!!!!!!!
daverh says...
Crabcore/emo house rulz, right!?
beats says...
Check out these bogus bog robbers: http://www.myspace.com/botdfmusic They also make "the techno music", apparently. They should all die in a fire. Or boil in a pot of water.
beats says...
Check out these bogus bog robbers: http://www.myspace.com/botdfmusic They also make "the techno music", apparently. They should all die in a fire. Or boil in a pot of water.
franko123 says...
it's funny cause they're the kinda bands i listen to
The3rdPlumpDj says...
It looks like they are trying to squat a shit... oh and beats... i checked out your link... that is pretty tragic. Im sure the pimple faced youth of today will really get behind it...
franko123 says...
enter shikari are similar but not as ridiculous... they actually make it work... saw them at the BDO one year, they were freaking awesome... in the middle of their techno break downs they climbed on everything they could and started raving
i_have_ADD says...
i heart enter shikari - i got to interview them before the BDO tour!! http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/35900/Enter_Shikari_Audio_They_need_to_be_seen_to_be_believed
hot_mini says...
Fourthstate says...
Indie is emo house
TysanKlai says...
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Frig, that sounded soooooo gay. Could have sounded like a solid song if they didnt do that effect on the voice in the chorus and of course that solo/breakdown part of the song. Hilarious Gayness
dienacht says...
LOL hardcore music. I'm kind of hoping they're taking the piss with that little breakdown but then again I know hardcore kids take themselves far too seriously so it seems unlikely... Either way I laughed and showed my hardcore friends this piece o comedy gold.
WADZA says...
wow. that is unbelievably terrible.
deXXy_Disaster says...
omg lol @ the cheese house breakdown! and check out those moves
Kid A says...
The other day me and my friend/co-producer recorded my dog yelping and auto tuned it....but auto tuning an emo definitely takes the cake. Genius.
Fratello says...
They're all fat and ugly and music has no place for fat and ugly people.
tomxon says...
chk chk.... bangyt..
aaron_camz says...
she's hot
timmyj says...
No
YossarianIsSane says...
It's like happy hardcore & hardcore reunited. But worse.
mica83 says...
i hope they get inpregnated by a fucking jackal. SHMUCKS
Dj-Pezzie says...
there is no doubt that the end result is far from good, in fact it's shithouse... but at least their ability to play instruments seems very capable... certainly wish i could play drums that well... Hopefully they find some sort of direction musically though cause this crabcore stuff is making me dizzy
cassachan says...
I'm not familiar with the, uh, type of thing I'm seeing here
mashedman says...
I was going to say at keast their drummer is fucking good. Then i saw the faggy kit and it was clear the was a lot of electronic drums added.
Peakin Pecan says...
U know i dont mind the hardcore/metal sections of the song, kinda reminds me of atreyu.... but that breakdown is an abomination...
talio93 says...
oh wow...
deXXy_Disaster says...
enter shikari are KINDA similar but absolute quality! they fucking owned it at BDO '08, such an awesome live act
Chillin says...
Holy shit, fourthstate speaks the truth
jaymes138 says...
haha that synth with the vocoded voice nere the end is disgusting!
SOULSIREN says...
no seriously is that for real...?
shazzy06 says...
It%u2019s like somebody had diarrhea of the brain. hahahah quote of the year!
forbiddendonut says...
That blonde girl is creepy looking. Her mouth. Yuck. And how tight are those jeans, they're gonna have trouble later on in life. Serves them right for making such bollocks music.
Brenton_2e says...
slit your wrists asap. so bad
Pendulum says...
LOL, I actualy didn't mind this clip/song. I dunno.. it tried to be everything in one.. emo, eurodance, metal... probably failed on each individual element.. but it was interesting to listen to..
Timmac says...
Bullshit!
brenly says...
w. t. f. ...
Matty_neal says...
That was rediculous.
thetron says...
woah, that was shit.
Heist9000 says...
Only a matter of time IMO (or EMO)
bkinluvwithsound says...
Screamo meets boy bannd meets... wtf??? Please someone put me out of my misery... noose... now... done!
samlannen88 says...
haha
Matty_neal says...
That was rediculous.
thetron says...
woah, that was shit.
Heist9000 says...
Only a matter of time IMO (or EMO)
JackT says...
I thought this would be less entertaining the fourth and fifth times, but no. Still awesome.
turkman says...
lol at the Autotune.
turkman says...
Enter Shikari are ten times better than this crabcore.
manga says...
kill it. kill it with fire.
ChemicalPunk1986 says...
never seen such a piece of shit. ever.
Will Styles says...
It sounds like 50 songs, none of which have hooks, all of which make me want to cut myself... or them.
phunkyp says...
bwahahaha! oMG! so bad they almost defy words.
srljb says...
Very very confused
elnino says...
hahahahhaha, well at least they got the "house" part down pat: Cheesy trance synths, stupid sounding kick drum, autotuned vocals ala T-Pain... I just hope no one would be stupid enough to make a rimex out of that one...
wild_comfort says...
i love hardcore/metal as much as i do dance/electronic. ive heard of these goons before but if you wanna hear a proper hardcore band listen to suicide silence, the devil wears prada, enter shikari, iwrestledabearonce, webutterthebreadwithbutter, bring me the horizon, arsonists gets all the girls, horse the band, the black dahlia murder, children of bodom or just listen to sebastiAn-dog or deathface-horn song.
chrispyland7 says...
this has gotta be some sort of musical crime right?? anyone wanna take on the case? that was terrible!!
Kiron says...
I'm pretty sure Brokencyde started off as a joke and they make all their music using loops from Garageband, but then retards actually liked their music and they made money off it. These guys probably did the same.
tonydanza says...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVGYV0RTnjo
mattos000 says...
haha that was gold. i guess the guy on the keyboard had to do something..
chowderdoof says...
Cliche-core! Its like eating an upsized meal of shit with a sideserving of diarrhoea and all you can drink vomit with unlimited re-fills!
chowderdoof says...
Cliche-core! Its like eating an upsized meal of shit with a sideserving of diarrhoea and all you can drink vomit with unlimited re-fills!
chowderdoof says...
Cliche-core! Its like eating an upsized meal of shit with a sideserving of diarrhoea and all you can drink vomit with unlimited re-fills!
djbricksta says...
Isnt this Goodwill's band? haha
SlicyDicer says...
truly fucking awful but my next song will be called crabcore now.
techsta_girl says...
HAHAHAHA MY EARS ARE BLEEDING...oh wait.. *calls the hospital*
Timmyloi says...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA poofs
windowboy says...
went clubbing in tokyo.. they had this kinda stuff playing in WOMB.. the floor was jammed and everyone was going crazy.. I had a ball.. tho that was a wee bit on the cheesy side..