Before I began writing this entry my general take on the word “emo” was that it was a fashion fad practiced by kids half my age that involved wearing black clothes, having mop-headed haircuts, and walking around with a scowl all the time. Which is kind of what I did when I was that age, only we called it other things back then like “being alternative” or “being a hood”. Self-described “emo” music that I had heard in passing over the past few years always made me either laugh or grimace – I could never take it seriously. So I was shocked when I went to Wikipedia (and then to AllMusic) and they listed Jets To Brazil as an “emo” band. I just thought they were an Indie Rock band. And I hate the term “emo”.
However, after doing a little more research I began to see how Jets To Brazil could fall under that classification. Especially with regards to lyrical content. From AllMusic.com: “Emo lyrics are deeply personal, usually either free-associative poetry or intimate confessionals.”