Season 8 Episode 4: The state of the music industry (Feat. Greg Holden, Revenant, Wretch32 and more)

Matt and James actually bring you some insightful content this week.

That’s right, we have an episode which has been considered and researched, don’t get used to it.

This week we discuss the state of the music industry in 2025, inspired by our good friend Greg Holden, who has taken the bold move to keep his new album physical, and off streaming services. Is this incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? We discuss and dive deeper into the state of the industry, with plenty of interesting opinions by people that know way more than we do about the subject.

There are some genuinely interesting conversation points and we hope this episode gets you thinking, whether you’re an artist or a consumer.

Drop us a message and let us know your thoughts, and if you know more, maybe you might want to come on the pod and share your experience?

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Season 8 Episode 3: The start of the band (Feat. The Movielife, Crucial Dudes, Stray From the Path and more)

Matt and James officially announce their project for season 8 (and maybe beyond).

What’s happening? Listen in to find out what ridiculous idea Matt has come up with now, and learn how we plan to proceed with the project going forward? We don’t want to give too much away in this awkward blurb, but we will say that the band starts NOW, and you are invited to join.

Where will it take us? Probably nowhere, or maybe somewhere, who knows? What we do know, is it’ll be a lot of fun.

Listen in to find out what the f**k is going on!

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Season 8 Episode 1: Preseason (8) training (Feat. Daggermouth, Living with Lions, Arcy Drive and more)

Matt and James are BACK! That’s right Emo Dad fans…we have returned and we are here for SEASON 8!

As it tradition, we start with preseason training and we really need it, we both try to remember what it is we do and why! In this episode we discuss good intentions for a new year, James has some new stings to present and Matt struggles with Dropbox! We discuss some bands which we missed the first time around. We debate whether Bring Me the Horizon are actually good or not. James plays Matt some new bands and we announce an exciting new project for season 8.

All this and so much more nonsense.

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Season 7 Episode 14: Big fat Emo Dad quiz of the year (Feat. Members of Symposium, Her Heads On Fire, Say Anything and Buds.)

We are back for more Christmas fun and games with the big fat Emo Dad quiz of the year. Matt and James are excited to welcome the following courageous contenders… Joseph Grillo - Her Heads on Fire, Judas Knife, Garrison, instruction

Ross Cummins - Symposium, Big Spin

Meg Borges - Say it Anyway

Dan Wilson Stone (RETURNING CHAMPION)- Buds. , Dead Freights, Petty Squabbles Join as for a variety of fun rounds about the world of music and more. We bring back the ever popular ‘House or no House’ round from last year, as well as the intro round, and welcome some new rounds to varying degrees of success.

Expect total chaos, disagreements, lots of laughs and some fun stories from our guests.

Make sure you play along at home and let us know how you did?

This is our last episode of the season, we hope you have enjoyed our ramblings and madness, we will be back in the new year for Season 8!!!

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Season 7 Episode 13: Album of the Year (Feat. Common Sage, Green Day, Foxing and more)

Here we go again, Matt and James discuss the albums that they enjoyed more than most this year. We also introduce a new member to the Emo Dad Podcast, who reveals their top 5 albums and some fun facts about the people involved.

We discuss Christmas silly season, the correct Christmas attire to wear to a hardcore show, our favourite EP’s of the year and our fave live performances.

All this and so much more. Join us for some good tunes, a lot of laughs and let us know how much you disagree with our picks.

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Season 7 Episode 12: Unexpected albums that shaped the legends that we are today V2 (Feat. Beastie Boys, Weezer, Manic Street Preachers and more)

Matt and James are back for volume 2 of our unexpected albums which shaped us as legends. After taking forever to get through just 3 albums last week, we need to up our game and smash out 7 albums in total for this week, so get ready for a high speed episode of nostalgia.

We instantly get sidetracked but then manage to get back on track with the episode, chatting our way through some amazing bands who were a big influence on us. Some will be a surprise, as the title of the episode suggests, some will not be a surprise, much to James’ disgust!

Join us for this wonderful chat, do we manage to cover all 7 albums in the time we have?

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Season 7 Episode 11: Unexpected albums that shaped the legends that we are today V1 (Feat. No Use for a Name, Skunk Anansie, Incubus and more)

Matt and James have put their thinking caps on, and start considering the albums that have shaped their musical tastes over the years. You know, the albums which hit you like a freight train and change you life forever. The albums that mean so much to you.

We discuss discovering a variety of bands for the first time. Matt sneaking into a musical situation that he instantly regretted, the album that helped James get through those tough school days and the unexpected impact of turntables onto our lives.

We also discuss how you should never trust AI for your musical history needs.

Join us for a fun discussion which might end up lasting a few episodes!

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