Emo Playlist Name Generator

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Generate emo playlist names for nostalgia mixes and current sad-guitar rotations: scene furniture like Eyeliner Ran Again and Top Eight Betrayal, show memories like Basement Show Ringing Ears, pop-punk summer titles like Skinny Jeans in July and self-mocking ones like Phase, Year Fifteen and Emo With a Mortgage.

About emo playlist names

An emo playlist title works the way the genre does: it says too much, on purpose. The names here do it with the scene's furniture instead of with any band, album or lyric: eyeliner, side bangs, studded belts, burned CDs, top eights, basement shows and long drives through a town with nothing open. That keeps a title true however the playlist grows, whether it holds mid-2000s radio emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore or the twinkly, open-tuned guitars of midwest emo, a style known for song titles that run as long as a sentence.

The list of 1,000 is built in sixteen styles so that rerolls feel different: profile-page nostalgia, wardrobe and hair, heartbreak and bad texts, hometown boredom, night drives, shout-along choruses, lowercase midwest emo sentences, pop-punk summer, acoustic sad hours, gym and angry-cleaning mixes, basement shows, post-hardcore, seasons and weather, school and bedroom memories, plain genre labels such as Emo Hidden Tracks, and jokes.

About a third of the names are funny, and the joke is mostly on the listener's own drama: Minor Inconvenience, Major Chords, or Eyeliner and a 401(k) for anyone whose phase is now old enough to drive. The sadness stays at the level of mood and nostalgia, and the list steers clear of darker themes.

How to choose emo playlist names

  • Pick the furniture that is yours. If you never wore a studded belt, a title like Flat Iron Before First Period or Composition Notebook Lyrics may be closer to your own years.
  • Match the title to the sound. Lowercase sentence titles such as it snowed and nobody texted suit twinkly midwest emo, while Pop-Punk Pool Party or Sunburn and Power Chords fits fast summer songs.
  • Leave band names, album titles and lyrics out of the title unless the playlist holds one artist only. A title built on a mood or a memory still fits after you add fifty more songs.
  • Keep it short if you share the playlist. Long titles get shortened in most apps' lists, so save the sentence-length ones for private playlists or move the rest into the description.
  • For a set of playlists, reuse one pattern: Emo Hidden Tracks, Emo Instrumentals and Emo Slow Jams, or a run by setting such as Emo Brunch, Emo Study Hall and Emo Dog Walk.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for an emo playlist?

Good ones name a piece of the scene and a feeling in a few words. Try Eyeliner Ran Again, Side Bangs Era or Top Eight Betrayal for a nostalgia mix, Basement Show Ringing Ears for live favorites, Acoustic Sad Hours for quiet songs and Headlights and Hindsight for a night drive.

What are some funny emo playlist names?

The funny ones mostly tease the listener, not the music. Phase, Year Fifteen, Emo With a Mortgage and Still Sad, Now With Dental are for grown-up fans, while Dramatic for No Reason, Brooding, but Hydrated and Minor Inconvenience, Major Chords are for anyone having a small bad day loudly. About a third of the list is jokes like these.

Do the names use real bands, songs or lyrics?

The list is meant to work without them. Titles are built from moods and scene memories such as burned CDs, studded belts, merch tables and long drives instead of band names, album titles or lyrics, so a title does not tie your playlist to one artist. If a title happens to match a song you know, that is a coincidence.

What is midwest emo, and why are some titles in lowercase?

Midwest emo is a strand of emo known for clean, twinkly guitar lines, open tunings and song titles that read like whole sentences. The lowercase names in this list, such as twinkly guitars for people who moved away and a trumpet solo for no reason at all, copy that habit for playlists of that sound.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 30 names

  • a ninety second song with a paragraph for a name
  • a porch, a folding chair and a long silence
  • a sample from a movie nobody has seen
  • a seven minute song about a porch light
  • a trumpet solo for no reason at all
  • About Me: It's Complicated
  • Acoustic Guy at the Party
  • Acoustic Sad Hours
  • After the Show, Ears Ringing, Driving
  • Air Drums on the Steering Wheel
  • All Caps Chorus
  • all my houseplants and none of my friends
  • All-Day Festival Sunburn
  • Alternating Caps Lock Sincerity
  • Angry Cleaning, Emo Edition

A, continued

  • Angst, Lightly Salted
  • Anguish à la Carte
  • Angular Guitars, Blunt Feelings
  • Anniversary Tour Tickets Acquired
  • Answering Machine Apology
  • Anthem for a Tuesday Meltdown
  • Apology in the Fourth Paragraph
  • Arm Warmers in Homeroom
  • Arms Around Strangers by the Encore
  • Art Room Kids
  • Asked to the Dance by Text
  • August Ended Too Soon
  • Autumn Semester Slump
  • Away Message Poetry
  • Away Message: Do Not Ask

B: 76 names

  • B-Side Ballads
  • Back Row of the School Bus
  • Back to School Dread
  • Back When Layouts Had Sparkles
  • Backing Vocals by My Dog
  • Backroads After Band Practice
  • Backyard Fest, Bring a Chair
  • Backyard Show, Bring Sunscreen
  • Backyard Trampoline Talks
  • Band Logo on the Backpack
  • Band Name Inked on the Jeans
  • Band Stickers on the Bathroom Mirror

B, continued

  • Band Tee, Third Day Running
  • Bandana in the Back Pocket
  • Bands From Someone's Garage
  • Bangs Grew Out, Feelings Did Not
  • Basement Show Ringing Ears
  • Bass Drop Before Bass Drops Were Cool
  • Bass Player Needed, Inquire Within
  • Bassist Lost a Shoe
  • Bathroom Deep Clean Breakdown
  • Bathtub Echo Vocals
  • Bedroom Door Closed, Stereo Open
  • Bedroom Door Says Keep Out
  • Bedroom Emo

B, continued

  • Bedroom Floor Acoustics
  • Bedroom Mirror Rehearsals
  • Bedtime at Ten, Still Emo
  • Beige Houses, Black Hoodies
  • Belted in the Shower, Regretted Nothing
  • Bench Press Bitterness
  • Betrayed by the Lunch Menu
  • Big Feelings About a Small Sandwich
  • Bike Gang Summer
  • Bike Ride to Nowhere
  • Bittersweet at Low Volume
  • Black Bedsheets, White Lies
  • Black Hoodie at the Gym

B, continued

  • Black Hoodie, Business Casual
  • Black Jeans, No Exceptions
  • Black Nail Polish, Chipped
  • Black on Black on Black
  • Black Umbrella Days
  • Blanket Over My Head Hours
  • Blast of Noise, Burst of Tears
  • Bleach Blond in June
  • Bleach Fumes and Big Choruses
  • Bleachers After the Game
  • Blinker Left On for a Mile
  • Blurry Digital Camera Nights

B, continued

  • Boardwalk Three Chords
  • Bonfire With the Wrong Crowd
  • Borrowed Amp, Blown Fuse
  • Borrowed Car, Borrowed Time
  • Borrowed My Sister's Jeans
  • Borrowed Records I Never Returned
  • Bought the Shirt Before Hearing the Band
  • Bought the Vinyl Reissue, Obviously
  • Bowling Alley Birthday, Age Sixteen
  • Box Dye Blue-Black
  • Brake Lights in the Rain
  • Bratty Vocals, Big Choruses
  • Breakdown at the Squat Rack

B, continued

  • Breathy Vocals, Big Feelings
  • Bridge Toll and a Bridge Section
  • Bright Guitars, Bitter Words
  • Broke Up Between Sets
  • Brooding on Public Transit
  • Brooding, but Hydrated
  • Bruised Ribs From the Barricade
  • Buddy List Heartache
  • Bulletin Survey Answers
  • Burned CD From an Ex
  • Burpees and Bitterness
  • Bus Seat Over the Wheel
  • Button Pins on Everything

C: 58 names

  • Cable Access Kids
  • Cafeteria Corner Table
  • Camp Counselor Crush
  • Campfire, but Everyone Is Sad
  • Candle Lit, Curtains Shut
  • Cannonball Chorus
  • Canvas High-Tops, Doodled
  • Capo Second Fret
  • Cardigan and a Capo
  • Cardigan Phase, Same Heart
  • Cardigan Weather for Sad Kids
  • Carpet Shampoo Rampage
  • Carpool Lane, Party of One
  • Cash Only at the Door

C, continued

  • Cassette Adapter Loyalists
  • Cathartic Yelling Hour
  • Certified Emo Bangers
  • Certified Overthinker Anthems
  • Chain Message Survivors
  • Chain Wallet Jingle
  • Chaotic and Sincere
  • Checkered Slip-Ons Season
  • Chore Wheel Vengeance
  • Chorus Lands, Arms Go Up
  • Chorus You Can Point To
  • Christmas Lights on the Amp
  • Chug Section Appreciation
  • Church Hall Matinee
  • Circle Pit Around the Support Beam

C, continued

  • Circling the Block Until the Song Ends
  • Clap Along Breakdown
  • Class of the Mid-2000s
  • Class Reunion: Declined
  • Clean Vocals, Dirty Guitars
  • Clocks Went Back, So Did I
  • Closet Purge: Everything Black Stays
  • Cloudy With a Chance of Feelings
  • Coat Pile in the Corner
  • Coffee Order: Black, Like My Old Closet
  • Cold Hands, Loud Headphones
  • Comment Wall Confessions
  • Composition Notebook Lyrics
  • Converted the Closet to Black

C, continued

  • Cookout Crowd Surf
  • Cooldown Stretch, Sad Outro
  • Corner Booth, Bottomless Coffee
  • Count Off, Then Carnage
  • Counted In, Shouted Out
  • County Road Choruses
  • Crab Core Posture
  • Crow's Feet and Eyeliner Wings
  • Crowd Surfer Incoming
  • Crush on the Bassist's Friend
  • Crush With a Learner's Permit
  • Curb Sitting Outside the Venue
  • Custom Layout, Unreadable Font
  • Customized My Cursor for This
  • Cutoff Shorts, Loud Opinions

D: 45 names

  • Dashboard Glow Hours
  • Daycare Drop-Off Drama
  • Deadlifts and Double Bass Pedals
  • December in a Small Town
  • Declutter the Feelings Drawer
  • Deep Thoughts, Shallow Problems
  • Demo Tapes by the Door
  • Demoted to Ninth in the Top Eight
  • Detention Daydreaming
  • Detour Through the Old Neighborhood
  • Dial-Up and Distortion
  • Diary Entry Read Aloud by Mistake
  • Disc Two of the Car Binder
  • Dishes Done Dramatically
  • Dissonant and Dramatic

D, continued

  • do you still have my sweater
  • Donation Pile for Old Feelings
  • Doodled Lightning Bolts in Pen
  • Doodled Stars on Both Hands
  • Door Slam Symphony
  • Dorm Room Session
  • Double Kick Dishwashing
  • Double Tap by Accident, 2 A.M.
  • Double Texted and Paid for It
  • Double Time Daydream
  • Drama Club Dropout Anthems
  • Dramatic for No Reason
  • Dramatic Hair Flip Soundtrack
  • Dramatic Walk to the Mailbox
  • Dressed for a Show at Noon

D, continued

  • Driveway Basketball, Lights Out
  • Driveway Half Pipe
  • Driving Past Your Street
  • Drizzle and Distortion
  • Drop D and Drama
  • Dropped My Toast, Butter Side Down
  • Drove Four Hours for a Thirty Minute Set
  • drum fills for people who apologize too much
  • Drum Kit in the Laundry Room
  • Drummer Moved Away
  • Dueling Guitars, Dueling Feelings
  • Dumped Over Instant Message
  • Dusk at the Bus Stop
  • Dust Bunny Reckoning
  • Dyed It in the Bathroom Sink

E: 64 names

  • Ear Protection Advocate Now
  • Earplugs Forgotten Again
  • Easycore Energy
  • Elder Emo Morning Stretch
  • Elder Emo Office Hours
  • Ellipsis of Doom
  • Elliptical Melodrama
  • Emo 101: Required Listening
  • Emo After Dark
  • Emo Auntie Road Trip
  • Emo Brunch
  • Emo by Candlelight

E, continued

  • Emo Carpool
  • Emo Coffee Run
  • Emo Cooking Hour
  • Emo Covers of Pop Hits
  • Emo Dad Coaching Little League
  • Emo Dinner Party
  • Emo Dog Walk
  • Emo for a Long Flight
  • Emo for a Rainy Commute
  • Emo for Doing Taxes
  • Emo for the Morning Shower
  • Emo for the Office, Headphones Only
  • Emo Gateway Songs

E, continued

  • Emo Hidden Tracks
  • Emo Housewarming
  • Emo Instrumentals
  • Emo Karaoke Shortlist
  • Emo Kid Lifts Now
  • Emo Love Songs, Loosely Defined
  • Emo Mom Minivan Hours
  • Emo Night Ends at Nine for Me
  • Emo on Shuffle
  • Emo Rarities and Lost Demos
  • Emo Revival Essentials
  • Emo Sleepover
  • Emo Slow Jams

E, continued

  • Emo Starter Pack
  • Emo Study Hall
  • Emo Uncle at the Barbecue
  • Emo Wake-Up Call
  • Emo Wedding Reception
  • Emo With a Mortgage
  • Emo, Alphabetized
  • Emotional Hardcore, Capital E
  • Emotional Karaoke, No Screen Needed
  • Emotionally Compromised by a Guitar Riff
  • Empty Interstate Elegies
  • Encore in My Bedroom
  • End of Summer Goodbyes

E, continued

  • Every Word, Wrong Key
  • Everybody Yell the Last Line
  • Everyone Here Is in a Band
  • everyone i know is moving to bigger cities
  • Everyone Leaves After Graduation
  • Everyone's Profile Autoplayed
  • Everything Is Fine and I Hate It
  • Exit 9, Feelings 10
  • Eyeliner and a 401(k)
  • Eyeliner Budget Line Item
  • Eyeliner on the Bus Window
  • Eyeliner Proof Cardio
  • Eyeliner Ran Again

F: 51 names

  • Fainting Couch Favorites
  • Family Computer After Ten
  • Fast Songs for Slow Joggers
  • Fast Songs, Faster Summers
  • February Lasted a Year
  • Feedback Between Songs
  • Feedback Swell, Then Everything
  • Fenced In by Lawns
  • Field Trip Bus Earbuds
  • Fifth Wave Favorites
  • Final Chorus, No Brakes
  • Finger Pointing at the Sky

F, continued

  • finger tapped feelings
  • Fingerless Gloves in August
  • Fingerpicked and Fragile
  • First Car, Stereo Worth More Than the Car
  • First Playlist I Ever Burned
  • First Snow, Old Feelings
  • Fish Oil and Gang Vocals
  • Fist in the Air, Feet on the Bed
  • Five Bands, Five Dollars
  • flannel in a parked van, november
  • Flat Iron Before First Period
  • Flat Ironed and Fragile
  • Flip Phone Ringtone Classics

F, continued

  • Flopped Onto My Bed Dramatically
  • Flyer Stapled to a Telephone Pole
  • Fog Lights and Falsetto
  • Fogged Up Bus Windows
  • Food Court Table for Six, Seated Two
  • Former Scene Kid, Current Accountant
  • Formerly Side-Swept
  • four chords and a spoken word part
  • Four O'Clock Dark
  • Four-Track Bedroom Tapes
  • Fourth of July Feedback
  • Frantic and Heartfelt
  • Fresh Emo, Weekly

F, continued

  • Fresh Twinkle
  • Fridge Clean-Out Fury
  • Friend Request Era
  • Friends Asleep in the Back Seat
  • Friends Who Never Left
  • Friends, Fireworks, Feedback
  • Friendship Bracelets and Feedback
  • Front Porch, Nothing Happening
  • Front Row, Left Speaker
  • Frontage Road Farewell
  • Frost on the Windshield Riffs
  • Full Volume, Zero Shame
  • Furious Folding

G: 32 names

  • Gang Vocal Practice
  • Garage Amps, Neighbors Notified
  • Garage Band Next Door
  • Garage Purge Power Chords
  • Garage Rehearsal, Mom Brought Snacks
  • Garage Venue, Folding Chairs
  • Garden Hose Encore
  • Gas Light On, Song Not Over
  • Gas Station Slushies at Dusk
  • gentle arpeggios, ungentle memories

G, continued

  • Gentle Strum, Rough Week
  • Ghosted by a Guy in a Beanie
  • Glitter Graphics and Guitars
  • glockenspiel for the emotionally overdue
  • Gloomy Tuesday Rotation
  • Gloomy With a Window Seat
  • Glovebox Full of Mix Discs
  • Glow Stars on the Bedroom Wall
  • Golden Hour for Gloomy People
  • Good Cop Vocals, Bad Cop Vocals
  • graduated, drifted, still humming

G, continued

  • Graduation Caps in the Air
  • Gray Sky, Loud Stereo
  • Grew Up Next to a Cornfield
  • Grocery List in a Composition Notebook
  • Grounded Until Further Notice
  • Group Vocals in the Kitchen
  • Grout Scrubbing Grievances
  • Guitar Pick Souvenir
  • Guitar Thrown, Guitar Caught
  • Guitars That Twinkle
  • Guyliner Appreciation Hour

H: 44 names

  • Hair Dye on the Towels
  • Hair in My Face, Heart on My Sleeve
  • Hair Over the Left Eye
  • Hair Straightener Still Plugged In
  • Hairbrush Mic, Sold-Out Bedroom
  • Hairspray Cloud, Heavy Heart
  • half a degree and a whole lot of riffs
  • Half Asleep, Fully Sentimental
  • Half Pipe Hooks
  • Half-Time Section
  • Hall Pass to Nowhere
  • Halloween Is My Whole Year
  • Hallway Eye Contact, Sophomore Year
  • Hand Stamp Still On Monday

H, continued

  • Hardcore Kids With Feelings
  • Harmonies I Cannot Hit
  • Harmonized Guitar Leads
  • He Looked at Me Once: The Playlist
  • He Said "K"
  • He Was the Opening Act
  • Headlights and Hindsight
  • Headphones on the Bus Ride Home
  • Headphones Under My Hood in Class
  • Heart Drawn in Marker, Crossed Out
  • Heart on Sleeve, Sleeve in Wash
  • Heartfelt Hardcore
  • Heater Broken, Stereo Fine
  • Heating Pad Hardcore
  • Heavier Than My Backpack

H, continued

  • Heavy Sigh, Side B
  • Heavy Verse, Pretty Chorus
  • Highway Hypnosis, Minor Key
  • Hill Repeats, Heartbreak Repeats
  • Home Recorded Heartache
  • Homecoming Slow Dance Regret
  • Homeowner Association Heartbreak
  • Homeroom Window Staring
  • Hometown Visit, Mixed Results
  • Homework Tab, Music Tab
  • Hoodie With Thumb Holes
  • House Show, Shoes Off
  • Howl at the Hallway Light
  • Humid Night, Fan on High
  • Humming Into a Laptop Mic

I: 16 names

  • I Made You a Tracklist
  • i said i was fine and then this came on
  • i still know the way to your parents' house
  • i think i left my jacket at your house in 2014
  • i walked past the old apartment today
  • i would like to go home but i am home
  • i'm okay with being a little sentimental
  • Icy Sidewalk Shuffle

I, continued

  • Indie Emo Crossover
  • Indoor Recess Mood
  • Ink Doodles on Both Sneakers
  • Insomnia Before a Chemistry Test
  • Instant Message Door Slam Sound
  • Internal Monologue, External Speakers
  • it snowed and nobody texted
  • it's fine, i'm twinkling

J: 6 names

  • jangly and inconvenient feelings
  • Jeans So Tight I Sat Carefully
  • Journal Entry Soundtrack
  • Journaling Furiously
  • July in a Black Tee
  • Jump Rope to Fast Drums

K: 10 names

  • Kettlebell Catharsis
  • Key Change Catharsis
  • Keyboardist in a Screamo Band
  • Kick Drum With a Hand-Painted Logo
  • Kick Pedal Diaries
  • Kicked Off the Phone Line
  • Kickflip Attempts and Catchy Hooks
  • Kicking Rocks Down Maple Street
  • Knees Hurt, Feelings Remain
  • Know All the Words, Ten Years Later

L: 56 names

  • Laces Tucked, Feelings Out
  • Lamp On, Lights Off
  • Laps Around the Subdivision
  • Last Car in the School Lot
  • Last Chorus, Everybody In
  • Last Day of School, First Chorus
  • Last Leaf on the Maple
  • Late August Ache
  • late autumn, bad posture
  • Late Shift Drive Home
  • Late Sunset, Fast Drums
  • Laundry Day Lament
  • Lava Lamp Lighting
  • lawn care is a metaphor now

L, continued

  • Lawn Chairs in the Driveway
  • Lawn Mowing in a Band Tee
  • Layered Tank Tops and Longing
  • Lead Foot, Soft Heart
  • Learned Guitar to Impress Someone
  • Left a Guitar Pick at Your House
  • Left for College, Came Back for Break
  • Left on Delivered for Six Minutes
  • Leg Day, Heavy Heart
  • Legion Hall, All Ages
  • Lemonade and Loud Guitars
  • License at Sixteen, Freedom at Dusk
  • Life Is Pain, Also Pizza
  • Lifeguard Crush Anthems

L, continued

  • Lifting Heavier Than My Baggage
  • Lightning Over the Strip Mall
  • Linen Pants, Loud Past
  • Liner Notes to a Breakup
  • Lip Ring Clip-On
  • Lip Synced Into the Bedroom Mirror
  • Living Room Encore
  • Local Openers Only
  • Local Pool, Last Day of August
  • Local Scene Yearbook
  • Locker Door Collage
  • Logged On Just to Change the Song
  • Login Screen Nostalgia
  • Loitering Behind the Movie Theater

L, continued

  • Long Night, Short Fuse
  • Long Song Titles, Short Tempers
  • Lost My Favorite Hair Tie
  • Lost My Friends in the Crowd
  • Loud Enough to Feel Better
  • Low Beams, High Drama
  • Low Light, Open Chords
  • Low Sodium, Loud Stereo
  • Lower Back Pain Era
  • Lullabies for Insomniacs in Hoodies
  • Lunch Table Reassignment
  • Lungs Out by the Second Chorus
  • Lyrics in the Margins of Algebra
  • Lyrics Scrawled on My Binder, Sung Aloud

M: 45 names

  • Main Character at the Bus Stop
  • Making the Bed Aggressively
  • Mall Emo Hall of Fame
  • Mall Goth Adjacent
  • Mall Rats Until Closing
  • math class, but make it guitars
  • Mathy Riffs, Messy Heart
  • Matinee Shows Only, Please
  • Meal Prep, but Make It Melancholy
  • Melancholy on a Schedule
  • Mellow Emo for Late Nights
  • Melodic Mayhem
  • Melody Buried in Noise
  • Merch Table Regulars
  • Messenger Bag Full of Pins

M, continued

  • Mic Swinging by the Cable
  • Middle School Message Board
  • Middle Slot on a Long Bill
  • Midlife, Mid-Tempo
  • Midnight Drive-Thru Run
  • Midwinter Guitar Hibernation
  • Minor Chords Before Bed
  • Minor Inconvenience, Major Chords
  • Mirror Selfie, Flash On
  • Missed My Exit on Purpose
  • Misunderstood Since Breakfast
  • Mix CD in a Paper Sleeve
  • Monday Happened to Me Personally
  • Monitor Wedge Climbers
  • Mood: Melancholy, Listening To: This

M, continued

  • Moody Since the Alarm Went Off
  • Moonroof Open, Guard Up
  • Mopping in a Mood
  • Morning After the Show
  • Mortgage Rates and Minor Chords
  • Mosh Pace Miles
  • My Bangs Had Their Own Agenda
  • my college town looks smaller now
  • My Cousin Showed Me This Band
  • My Dad Calls It All "Screaming Music"
  • My Feelings, Your Voicemail Box
  • my friends all have real jobs now and i have this playlist
  • My Mom Said No
  • My Villain Era Lasted an Afternoon
  • My Whole Emo Shelf

N: 17 names

  • Named the Guitar After a Feeling
  • Nasal Vocals, Sunny Skies
  • Neighbors Complained About the Drums
  • Neighbors Know the Lyrics Now
  • Neon Shoelaces, Dark Feelings
  • Never Growing Up, Probably
  • New Year's Eve, Home by Eleven
  • Night Light Listening

N, continued

  • nobody dances, everybody nods
  • Nobody Understands Me (They Do)
  • Noise Complaint Favorites
  • noodly guitar parts for overthinkers
  • Not Over It, Just Louder About It
  • Notebook Poetry Hour
  • November Has Opinions
  • Nowhere, USA, Volume Up
  • Nylon Strings, Heavy Sighs

O: 20 names

  • Octave Chords Forever
  • October Hoodie Weather
  • odd time signatures, regular feelings
  • Odometer Heartbreak
  • Old Password, Old Feelings
  • On-Ramp Anthems
  • One Eye Visible
  • One Guitar, One Grievance
  • One Sided Since the Bus Stop
  • One Stoplight, Two Guitars

O, continued

  • One Take, Mistakes Left In
  • Only Knows Three Chords, Uses All of Them
  • Open Note Chugging
  • open tunings for an empty kitchen
  • Opening Band Was Better
  • Our Band Lasted Two Practices
  • Overcast and Overwrought
  • Overpass at 1 A.M.
  • Overreacting in 4/4
  • Overthinking a Thumbs-Up Reply

P: 54 names

  • Paper Route Daydreams
  • Parent-Teacher Conference Angst
  • Park Bench With a View of Nothing
  • Passed Notes, Failed Feelings
  • Passenger Seat DJ Rights
  • Passing Earbuds on the Bus
  • Passive Aggressive Dusting Hour
  • Past Midnight, Before Sleep
  • Past the County Line by Dark
  • Peace Sign, High Camera Angle
  • Pencil Liner, Waterline Only
  • Performance Review Blues, Distorted
  • Permanent Marker on a Blank Disc

P, continued

  • Phase, Year Fifteen
  • Phone at Four Percent
  • Photo Album Titled "Randoms"
  • Photocopied Zine Soundtrack
  • Piano Version, Somehow Sadder
  • Pick Slide Into Chaos
  • Pig Squeal Free Zone
  • Pillow Fort Concert Hall
  • Pining Professionally
  • Pinky Promise Expired
  • Pizza Place After Practice
  • Pizza Slices on the Curb
  • Plaid Pants, Poor Choices
  • Plank Until the Bridge Hits

P, continued

  • please don't ask how the band is doing
  • Poetic About the Group Project
  • Poetry Slam I Did Not Win
  • Pointing at Friends During the Hook
  • Polishing the Sink Like It Owes Me Money
  • polite yelling over clean guitars
  • Pop-Punk Album Tracks
  • Pop-Punk for Grown-Ups
  • Pop-Punk Pool Party
  • Pop-Punk Primer
  • Popsicle Stains and Palm Mutes
  • Population: Too Few
  • Porch Swing in the Rain

P, continued

  • Post-Hardcore Homework
  • Posters Held Up With Tape
  • Pre-Workout Pop-Punk
  • Printed Lyrics in My Binder Sleeve
  • Profile Song Rotation
  • Profile Song, Circa 2006
  • Profile Views: Mostly Me
  • Prom Night, Wrong Person
  • PTA Meeting Walkout Music
  • Puddle Jumping in Canvas Shoes
  • Pull-Ups for the Put Upon
  • Push-Ups Per Chorus
  • Pushed to the Front by Song Two
  • Pyramid Studs and Power Chords

Q: 3 names

  • Quarter Tank, Full Heart
  • Quiet Enough to Hear the Amp Hum
  • quiet loud quiet, repeat

R: 35 names

  • Raccoon Stripe Hair Dye
  • Radio Emo Rewind
  • Rage Dusting
  • Rain Delay Feelings
  • Rain Started, So I Got Emotional
  • Rainy Recess
  • Rainy Window Strumming
  • Raspy by Morning
  • Read at 11:42
  • Reading Glasses, Same Records
  • Rearranging My Room at Midnight

R, continued

  • Rearview Mirror Years
  • Rec Center Gig
  • Record Release Show, Fifty People
  • recorded in a living room, felt in a stairwell
  • Refinanced and Still Brooding
  • Refrains for Slamming Doors Gently
  • Rehearsed It in the Mirror
  • Reorganizing the Closet Angrily
  • Reply-All Rage, Minor Key
  • Reservoir Road After Class
  • Retired Scene Kid Radio
  • Returned My Mix, Kept My Heart

R, continued

  • Ride Home With Tinnitus
  • Riffs That Sound Like Arguments
  • Ringback Tone Era
  • Ripped Tights and Reverb
  • Road Trip to a Show Three States Over
  • Road Trip With the Whole Band
  • Rolled Down Windows in November
  • Rooftop of the Grocery Store
  • Roommates Hate This One
  • Rowing Machine Remorse
  • Rubber Bracelets up to the Elbow
  • Rural Route Reverb

S: 155 names

  • Sad Guitar Rotation
  • Sad Hour, Soft Setting
  • Sad in a Sensible Cardigan
  • Sad Kid Supply List
  • Sad Lifts
  • Said It Was Mutual, It Was Not
  • Same Four Streets
  • Sass Vocals and Spin Moves
  • Sat Alone at the Merch Table Over You
  • Sat Out of Gym Class
  • Saved to a Thumb Drive in 2007
  • Scene Classics, Disc One
  • Scene Kid Canon
  • Scene Kid Starter Kit

S, continued

  • School Parking Pass, Row D
  • School Pickup Line Catharsis
  • School's Out, Amps Up
  • Sciatica and Screamo
  • Scouring Pans, Settling Scores
  • Scratched Disc, Still Plays
  • Scratchy Throat Sunday
  • Screamed Apologies
  • Screamo for Polite People
  • Screamo for Sunny Days
  • Screamo Sampler
  • Screams With Correct Punctuation
  • Screen Name With Too Many X's
  • Scrolling My Old Profile

S, continued

  • Scrubbing the Tub With Feelings
  • Scuffed Sneakers and Sad Guitars
  • Seasonal Gloom Rotation
  • Seated Balcony Tickets Now
  • Second Verse, Same Ex
  • Second Wave Slow Burners
  • Seen, Not Answered
  • Senior Discount Scene Points
  • Senior Quote I Would Take Back
  • Set List Taped to the Floor
  • Seventy on the Bypass
  • Shared Hoodie Custody
  • She Liked His Photo
  • Short Songs for Long Weekends

S, continued

  • Shotgun Seat Singalong
  • Should Have Stayed Friends, Chorus Twice
  • Shout It Like You're Sixteen
  • shouted lyrics about a kitchen
  • Shouted Through a Closed Door
  • Shouting Into a Box Fan
  • Shriek Responsibly
  • Side Bangs Era
  • Sidewalk Ends at the Highway
  • Sighing Loudly So Someone Asks
  • Sing It Like the Stage Is Yours
  • Sing the Guitar Part Too
  • Singalong at the Stoplight
  • Sitting on the Stairs

S, continued

  • Skate Park, Nobody Skating
  • Skate Shop After Hours Set
  • Skateboard Under One Arm
  • Skinny Jeans in July
  • Skinny Jeans No Longer Fit, Songs Still Do
  • Skinny Jeans to Squat Rack Pipeline
  • Skipped the Pep Rally
  • Skipping Disc Player Classics
  • Skramz for Beginners
  • Skull Print Scarf Weather
  • Sleeping on a Fan's Floor
  • Sleepy Chords
  • Sleet on the Skylight
  • Slightly Rejected, Fully Devastated

S, continued

  • Slip-Ons on Hot Asphalt
  • Slow Dance Alone in Socks
  • Slow Fade, Loud Guitars
  • Slow Songs From Fast Bands
  • Small Town, Loud Amp
  • Smoky Eye, Cloudy Mood
  • Smudged on Purpose
  • Snack Bar Shift Anthems
  • Snare Hits and Sunscreen
  • Sneakers on the Dashboard
  • snow day in a college town
  • Snow Tires and Sad Riffs
  • Snowed In With Old Records
  • Sock Drawer Showdown

S, continued

  • Soft Hours for Scene Kids
  • Soft Verse, Then the Roof Comes Off
  • Sold the Last Shirt in Medium
  • Someone's Older Brother Had a Car
  • somewhere in ohio a screen door slams
  • Songs for Lying on the Carpet
  • Songs I Downloaded One at a Time
  • Songs That Feel Like a Long Exhale
  • sophomore year, second semester, third floor
  • Sorry About the Paragraph I Sent
  • sorry i got weird at the party
  • Soundcheck at Five
  • Soundtrack to an Eye Roll
  • Sparkly Guitars, Sad Words

S, continued

  • Speed Bumps and Breakdowns
  • Spin Kick Clearance Required
  • Spindle of Blank Discs
  • Spite Run, Mile Three
  • Split Seven-Inch Finds
  • Spreadsheet Sorrow
  • Spring Break, Stayed Home
  • Spring Came and I Missed It
  • Sprinkler Run Singalong
  • Sprint Intervals, Shouted Choruses
  • Squeaky Fret Noise
  • Stage Banter Was Awkward
  • Stage Dive, Carpet Landing
  • Stage Kicks and Scissor Jumps

S, continued

  • Stage Voice, Living Room Venue
  • Stair Climber Soliloquy
  • Standard Tuning, Substandard Mood
  • Standing Desk, Sitting Feelings
  • Staring Out the Window Like a Music Video
  • Stereo With a Five-Disc Changer
  • Stick Shift Sorrows
  • Sticky Floor, Sunny Day
  • Still Sad, Now With Dental
  • Stomp Box Negotiations
  • Stool, Spotlight, Sorrow
  • Storm Clouds Over the Football Field
  • Storming Off to My Room
  • Streetlights Per Minute

S, continued

  • String Squeaks and Sighs
  • Stripped Down Versions of My Feelings
  • Studded Belt in a Storage Bin
  • Studded Belt, Two Rows
  • Studs, Stripes and Sorrow
  • Study Hall Headphones
  • Suburban Loop, Volume Maxed
  • Suburban Sprawl, Small Feelings
  • Suburban Summer Speedrun
  • Sulking Is Cardio
  • Summer Before Senior Year
  • Summer Job at the Movie Theater
  • Summer Job, Loud Lunch Break
  • Summer Tour in a Parking Lot

S, continued

  • Sunburn and Power Chords
  • Sunday Evening Dread, Unplugged
  • Sunday in a Town That Closes Early
  • Sunday Scaries, Guitar Version
  • Sung Badly, Meant Sincerely
  • Sunrise Through a Cracked Windshield
  • Sunset at Five in the Afternoon
  • Survey: Last Person You Texted
  • Sweat Through the Band Tee
  • Sweaty Ceiling Pipes
  • Sweeping Up My Expectations
  • Swing Set at Midnight
  • Swoop Bangs Maintenance
  • Swooped Hair, Swung Mics
  • Synth Line Over a Breakdown

T: 107 names

  • Tagged in Forty Photos
  • Tan Lines From a Watch Band
  • Tape Hiss and Tenderness
  • Tapped Leads Over Yelling
  • tapping riffs to fold laundry to
  • Tax Season Tearjerkers
  • Teased Hair, Tender Heart
  • Tension, Release, Repeat
  • Texted Back in Four Seconds
  • thank you for coming to my house show
  • The Arcade Is a Bank Now
  • The Audacity, Set to Guitars
  • The Barista Spelled It Wrong

T, continued

  • The Bedroom Still Has the Posters
  • The Belt Weighed Five Pounds
  • The Breakdown Has a Breakdown
  • The Bridge Is About You
  • The Demo Version Hits Harder
  • the dog remembers you, for what it's worth
  • The Fair Came and Went
  • The Good Coffee Is Two Towns Over
  • The Group Chat Took Her Side
  • the group house had one working burner
  • The Hatchback Had a Subwoofer Once
  • The Hoodie Was a Personality
  • the house on the album cover is someone's actual house

T, continued

  • The Internet Was a Room in the House
  • The Kids Found the Old Photos
  • the kitchen floor is a fine place to sit
  • The Last Song on Your Mix Was a Hint
  • The Layout Had Falling Stars
  • the lease is up and so am i
  • The Locker Next to Yours
  • The Loud Part, Finally
  • The Phase Has Tenure
  • The Phase Outlasted Three Phones
  • The Quiet Interlude Is a Trap
  • The Riff Before the Scream
  • The Roller Rink Shut Down
  • The Scene Years

T, continued

  • The Scenic Route to Avoid Going Home
  • The Screamer Has the Mic
  • The Shared Family Desktop Years
  • The Singer Climbed the Rafters
  • The Singer's Side Project
  • The Summer We Had a Band
  • The Text I Drafted in Notes
  • the trumpet comes in and i lose it
  • The Vending Machine Ate My Dollar
  • The Whoa-Oh Part, Twice
  • The Whole Room Sang the Bridge
  • The World Is Ending (I Have a Quiz)
  • The Year I Typed in Lowercase

T, continued

  • Theater Kid to Scene Kid Pipeline
  • They Canceled My Favorite Show
  • Third Period Daydream
  • Third Shift at the Video Store
  • Third Slot at the Open Mic
  • Third Wave Throwbacks
  • Thirty-Five and Thriving (Sad)
  • this basement had carpet on the walls
  • this one goes out to my old roommates
  • Three Dots, Then Nothing
  • Three Part Harmony of Complaints
  • Throat Lozenge Required
  • Thunder Over the Cul-de-Sac

T, continued

  • Thunderstorm, Lights Out
  • Ticket Stub in the Phone Case
  • Tidy Room, Untidy Feelings
  • Tiny Violin, Big Distortion
  • Told Mom It Was "Alternative"
  • Told the Diary Before I Told You
  • Too Awake at Dawn
  • Too Deep for Homeroom
  • Too Hot for a Hoodie, Wore It Anyway
  • Too Old for the Pit, Standing Near the Bar
  • Took the Long Way to Hear the Outro
  • Top Eight Betrayal
  • Top Eight Reshuffle
  • Top of My Lungs Tuesday

T, continued

  • Tortured Artist, Suburban Branch
  • Tour Dates on the Back of a Tee
  • Tour Van, Check Engine Light
  • Touring in a Minivan
  • Town Without a Record Store
  • Track Twelve Always Skipped
  • Tragedy in the Cereal Aisle
  • Tragic Backstory: Got Grounded Once
  • Train Tracks Behind the School
  • Trash Night Anthems
  • Treadmill Tantrum
  • Tried to Start a Band, Owned No Instruments
  • Trimmed My Own Bangs

T, continued

  • Truck Stop Coffee, Hour Six
  • Tuned Low, Feeling Lower
  • Turn Signal Metronome
  • Turnpike Tremolo
  • Twinkle Riffs, Vol. 1
  • twinkly guitars for people who moved away
  • Two A.M. Tollway
  • two guitars arguing gently
  • Two Lanes and a Chorus
  • Two Megapixel Memories
  • Two Minute Songs for Long Days
  • Two Thousand Six on Repeat
  • Two Vocalists, One Argument
  • Two-Step by the Water Heater

U: 8 names

  • Unbothered (Extremely Bothered)
  • Unclean Vocals, Clean Conscience
  • Under the Covers With Headphones
  • Underground Emo Finds
  • Unplugged and Unwell
  • Unplugged Encore
  • Unsent Drafts Folder
  • Up-Tempo Heartache

V: 9 names

  • Vacuuming Out of Spite
  • Vague Status Update, Guitar Solo
  • Valentine's Day Boycott
  • Vocal Cords of Steel
  • Voice and Guitar, Nothing Else
  • Voice Crack Anthems
  • Voice Gone by Track Five
  • Voicemail From the Summer We Ended
  • Volume as a Coping Skill

W: 41 names

  • Waited by the Van to Say Thanks
  • Warm-Up Set for the Wounded
  • Water Balloon Breakdown
  • Water Tower Views
  • we borrowed a van and nobody could drive stick
  • we never did finish that conversation
  • We Peaked at the Coat Check
  • We Shared One Set of Earbuds Once
  • we should hang out sometime, we always say
  • we used to sit on this roof and say nothing
  • We Were a Demo, Never an Album
  • Wearing Black to a Pool Party
  • Web Cam Photo, Serious Face

W, continued

  • Weeknight Show, Regret by Friday
  • Wet Pavement Under Streetlamps
  • Whisper Then Wail
  • Whisper Vocals After Midnight
  • whispered count-in, then everything
  • Whoa-Ohs by the Pool
  • Wi-Fi Went Out: A Tragedy
  • Wind-Down for the Worked Up
  • Windmills in the Living Room
  • Windows Down, Feelings Up
  • Windows Rattled, Spirits Lifted
  • Windows Washed, Tears Optional
  • winter break in a twin bed
  • Winter Break Melancholy

W, continued

  • Wiping Counters, Holding Grudges
  • Wired Earbuds, One for You
  • wishing you had at least replied
  • Wistful at 1 A.M.
  • Woeful, Deluxe Edition
  • Wood Paneling and Feedback
  • Wooden Guitar, Wooden Floor
  • Words I Forgot I Remembered
  • Wore a Hoodie to the Beach
  • Wore the Shirt of the Band I Was Seeing
  • Wounded by Mild Criticism
  • Wrote a Poem, Regret the Poem
  • Wrote a Sad Poem About a Parking Ticket
  • Wrote Your Name on a Shoe

X: 1 name

  • X on the Back of My Hand

Y: 13 names

  • Yearbook Photo Behind My Hair
  • Yelled Poetry Over Feedback
  • Yelling With Friends, Volume Eleven
  • You Changed Your Ringtone for Her
  • You Said You Hated This Band
  • You Skipped My Favorite Track
  • you would have liked this one, probably
  • Your Brother Liked Me Better
  • Your Initials in My Notebook Margin
  • Your New Profile Picture Has Him in It
  • your number is still in my phone under the old name
  • Your Sweatshirt Still Smells Like the Venue
  • Youth Medium Band Shirt

Z: 3 names

  • Zip Code Fatigue
  • Zip Hoodie Uniform
  • Zipper Pulls and Safety Pins

0-9: 1 name

  • 3 A.M. and Wide Awake