> The albums preceding 'Emergency & I' (which are 'The Dismemberment Plan is
> terrified' and '!') are mandatory listening for anyone following the modern
> era of rock n roll. However, during the time period between ...terrified and
> emergency, something magical happend......travis learned to sing !! it
> really shows on Emergency....compare standout trax from 'terrified' suchas,
> ice of boston, doing the standstill...with anything from emergency, and you
> cannot get the same level of pure sincerity. Emergency & I is one of the
> most profound albums to come out in the past few years and it will be a
> major influence on any significant musician to emerge in the near future. it
> seems the d-plan get lumped into the 'emo' category by default. They play
> with alot of the bands associated with emo... as already pointed out, but
> they cannot definitively be classified as emo. I would go so far as to say
> they are in a genre completely of their own making. Songs like 'The City'
they kinda *remind* me of the faint, or antarctica.... probably just the
keyboards though..
