Wes Ellis/Tonje Thilesen/Derrick Rossignol Tough as it is to define “emo” in 2025, “overlooked” feels like a much bigger challenge. First off, “overlooked” to whom? On the one hand, the music critic community is more expansive than ever and no matter how seemingly obscure a genre or geographical region felt even two years ago, it’s probably being covered somewhere in depth and detail. If you know where to look, that is. On the other hand, that same fractionation somehow amplifies the consensus by the time year-end lists start to publish (at this rate, by mid-November in 2026). As everyone...

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