5 Underrated Post-Hardcore Albums

Post-hardcore is one of those tricky hyphenated word genres. We still don’t know what it means, and neither do you for that matter, but we can namecheck prominent acts that totally define it like Quicksand, Texas is the Reason, and more. Still, we attempted to list five albums in alphabetical order that are considered underrated across the p-h landscape. 

FYI: We’re not touching on any bands you’ll yell at us about like the early-aughts “screamo” movement as we fear a flurry of negativity in the mentions.

Embrace - Embrace (1987)

The oldest release listed here is the lone album from Ian MacKaye’s band NOT called Fugazi or Minor Threat and it deserves a big, sweaty hug. Do not consider yourself free if you haven’t spun it once or thrice.

Far - Tin Cans with Strings to You (1996)

Far’s fourth full-length “Water and Solutions” is considered by smart people to be the BLUEprint for the post-hardcore, and dare we say it, emo genre, but “Tin Cans With Strings To You” deserves almost as much notoriety despite not getting namechecked 1/10 as much… Celebrate her!

Girls Against Boys - Freak*On*Ica (1998)

Major label albums aren’t always bad, and electronic elements don’t necessarily make an album any more or less post-hardcore, but Girls Against Boys’ fifth full-length studio album “Freak*On*Ica” deserves your time and FAR (get it?) more streams.

Sense Field - Building (1996)

We’ll never overstand the fact that Sense Field’s third LP “Building” doesn’t get mentioned in the same sentence as other one word albums like “Clarity” or “Slip”. One thing is for sure though: Rest in peace, Jon Bunch.

Shades Apart - Seeing Things (1997)

Like the above Sense Field release, Revelation Records sure had a stacked roster in the mid-to-late nineties, but for some reason or another, Shades Apart isn’t even in a typical RR stan’s Top 8 on MySpace. You all have a second chance to fix this.