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\n\tAs Millennials hit the age where classic rock channels now include their<\/em> music, it\u2019s no surprise that acts are striking while the nostalgia iron is hot. And what better way to recall your youth than through emo music, the genre best-equipped for obsessing about love and death and hope and all<\/em> of life\u2019s big questions?<\/p>\n \n\t2025 has been a big year for emo milestones \u2014\u00a0My Chemical Romance headlined a stadium tour! Rilo Kiley reunited! The Academy Is\u2026 announced a 20th anniversary \u201cAlmost Here\u201d tour! \u2014\u00a0but it hasn\u2019t yielded much new music from the genre\u2019s A-list.<\/p>\n \n\tLuckily, there\u2019s a new generation of pop punkers who were heavily influenced by the bands of yesteryear, and among the best is Michigan-based Hot Mulligan, whose ambitious fourth album \u201cThe Sound a Body Makes When It\u2019s Still\u201d dropped in August. Filled with tight riffs, sharp songwriting and lead singer Tades Sanville\u2019s unique screams, it\u2019s the kind of album that could sound more dazzling in a studio compared to a live setting. But unlike so many of their forebears who abandoned chops in order to focus on energy, Hot Mulligan amped things up while sounding great during their Nov. 8 headlining show at the Fillmore Philadelphia.<\/p>\n \n\tThe band charged through the first side of \u201cSound a Body Makes\u201d to start the set, with drummer Brandon Blakeley and bassist Jonah Kramer creating a twisty, moving foundation to anchor even the fastest pop-punk moments. The interplay of rhythm guitarist Chris Freeman and lead Ryan Malicsi was impressive, with fast riffing and tapping that evoked midwest emo heroes like American Football. Additionally, Sanville and Freeman\u2019s co-mingling vocals were, depending on the moment, complementary in their harmony or shredded in their screaming, without screeching into off-key territory. It\u2019s an impressive feat to see the band\u2019s complex elements all lock in together, especially when many genre legends were eager to step aside and let the audience sing the high notes live.<\/p>\n \n\tDespite the band\u2019s focus on craft, they were also there to have a good time and pass those vibes onto the audience. Sanville\u2019s lengthy hair was flying as he stalked the stage, occasionally stopping to scream wildly, his body contorting as if struck by lightning. New album highlights \u201cAnd a Big Load,\u201d a breakneck dance party about the challenges of sobriety, and \u201cMonica Lewinskibidi,\u201d a hooky yet mournful tribute to missing a sick loved one on tour, were as sharp and blistering as anything in the band\u2019s early work.<\/p>\n \n\tMeanwhile, the hugely energetic crowd was constantly crowdsurfing and smushing against the front rail. Electricity ran through the fans, with circle pits opening during older favorites like \u201cShhhh! Golf Is On,\u201d \u201cEquip Sunglasses\u201d and \u201cBCKYRD.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tUltimately, for elder Millennial emo fans whose necks get tired from headbanging and feet get sore after standing (let alone moshing!) for a 90-minute set, it\u2019s heartening to know bands like Hot Mulligan inspire the next generation of punks to get sweaty and crazy in the GA section.<\/p>\n \n\t(Pictured above: Hot Mulligan on the Nov. 7 Brooklyn stop of their tour.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Millennials hit the age where classic rock channels now include their music, it\u2019s no surprise that acts are striking while the nostalgia iron is hot. 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