Gleamo? Maybe not.

They seems to be a scene brewing of bands with a certain sound that mixes the emotional intensity of ‘Emo’ well a very UK 'Emo' and the hardcore rocky sound but with oober clean sounding guitars and often a heavy emphasis on tapping on to create a quick fire percussive melody. Maybe I will call it ‘Gleamo’ if it has to be called anything, which it doesn’t. I just needed a title. There seems to be a lot of bands out their that sound like this here are a few I have found:

2 Many JD’s
Cats and Cats and Cats
I Was A Cub Scout
Instruments
Jon Gomm
Meet Me In St Louis
Mutiny On The Bounty
Pennines
SHITTALKER
Super Tennis
Tera Melos
The Dragon Rapide
This Town Needs Guns
Tubelord

I’m not usually a fan of ‘Emo’ style bands but this sound has dragged me in. I think it’s the tippy-tappy super fast guitar lines mixed with raw rock power and poppy melodies that is just kind of addictive. There are many differing styles within this from a kind of At The Drive-In style rock edged sound of Meet Me In St Louis (R.I.P. who have now split), Tera Melos, Mutiny On The Bounty and Tubelord. To the Jazzy edge that The Dragon Rapide (R.I.P.) bring. Jon Gomm has some songs that have elements of this sound embedded into it but is done in an acoustic one man beat box slap happy freak out. Bands like I Was A Cub Scout and 2 Many JD’s, which is a side project of the terrible Wombats and a play on the brilliant Soulwax 2 Many DJ’s project, bring this ‘Gleamo’ sound and mix it with electronic pop sensibilities, not unlike the Postal Service. There is much to find and treasure in these bands lets see what happens.

I made a mix of this kind of thing to give to some of my friends, here is the track list:

Clean, Tappy, Fuzz

Jon Gomm - Clockwork

Swoop Swoop - I Know What To Do With Myself

BARR - The Song Is The Single

Tubelord - Half Man Half Amazing

Tera Melos - When Worms Learn To Fly

Mutiny On The Bounty - World Domino Championship

This Et Al - The Loveliest Alarm

Penninies - whisky tango foxtrot? lima oscar lima

2 Many JD's - Interwined

Foals - Two Steps Twice

I Was A Cub Scout - Teenage Skin

Instruments - Alpine Disco

The Dragon Rapide - Kissing The Shuttle

Fulborn Tevesham - Empty Shell

Rolo Tomassi - Curry

Acoustic Ladylad - Skinny Grin

Rolo Tomassi - Cirque Du Funk

Rolo Tomassi - Seagull

Jeremy Warmsley - One Armed Scissor (Live Acoustic)

Ask nicely and I may link you up to it.