Ryan Hunter albums Going into the recording of Lucy Gray, Envy on the Coast must have had it in mind to make sure no one could write them off as merely another simplistic emo group spawned from the sprawl that is Long Island. For them, that apparently meant not relying on huge choruses and cheeky lyrics (or even hooks, really) to fill space, as evidenced by the crackling piano- and guitar-driven bursts that fill Lucy ...
Ryan Hunter CD discography On the High Court's debut LP, Puppet Strings, the young New Jersey group puts together a capable album of emo that doesn't add too much to the conversation regarding said genre circa 2007. Even though they're from New Jersey, they don't take too much from the pages of fellow Garden Staters Saves the Day (whose 2001 hit "At Your Funeral" is essential emocore listening) or Thursday (now godfathers of the form); rather, ...