On This Day: June 1, 1985 – Rites of Spring Releases Their Only Album

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On This Day: June 1, 1985 – Rites of Spring Releases Their Only Album.

On this day June 1, 1985, Rites of Spring released their first and only full-length studio album. Widely regarded as a landmark release in the development of post-hardcore and what would later be called emo, the album combined raw intensity with emotional vulnerability in a way that broke new ground in underground punk music.

The Washington, D.C.-based band brought a unique blend of melodic structure and aggressive delivery that set them apart from their hardcore contemporaries. The album...
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