You thought we wouldn't talk about 2000s era emo when talking about Rites of Spring? What started off as a joke take when recording an intro for Episode 5 ending up becoming a whole lot more. We dive into a site, Fourfa.com, that seemingly defined our teen years and gave a framework for what it meant to be a punk and emo fan in the early 00s. From there, we naturally ended up getting into the conversation every teenager had to have in 2003: “Is this even emo?” Plus, we fondly remember a truly problematic curio from this time: The Emo Game.

Songs in this episode:

1. Fugazi - “Do You Like Me?”
2. Funeral Diner - “My Fist Smells Like Graveyard”
3. Time In Malta - “What We’ve Become”
4. Indian Summer - “Millimeter”
5. The Get Up Kids - “My Apology”
6. Alkaline Trio - “Private Eye”
7. Jimmy Eat World - “Bleed American”
8. At the Drive In - “Arcarsenal”
9. Taking Back Sunday - “Cute Without the E (Cut from the Team)”
10. My Chemical Romance - “Helena”
11. The Ataris  - “San Dimas High School Football Rules”
12. Dashboard Confessional - “Hands Down”