The Summer we Went West

The Summer we Went West was an emo/folk band from College park, MD that i believed lasted from 2005 to 2006. Over the past few months after finding this cd, The Summer we Went West has quickly become one of my favorite and most-listened-to cds that I own. A truly original band, their only 'official' release 'Following the Holy Moon Gods' Includes Mineral-style emo, some breed of emo-folk with acoustic guitars, poetry reading with guitars and two slightly glitchy electronic tracks (think boards of canada with poetry and an emo-twist?) As weird as this sounds, it is incredible. How this one band manages to do each style so perfectly and put them together so well into such a fluid cd is beyond me. The vocals are raw and overflowing with emotion, the lyrics can be somewhat corny (See: Jackson hole,Wy) but intense nonetheless and the electronic tracks are extremely unique and actually enjoyable (The first few times I listened to the cd i kind of skipped through them, but that was a bad mistake on my part)

I also had the chance to party with the vocalist who is a super great, hilarious guy. He is currently involved in an electronic side project called Boat Water
www.myspace.com/boatwatersunkin

And I also recently saw one of the guitarists' new emo band called Monument that is absolutely incredible be sure to check them out as well www.myspace.com/monumentisaband



Just download this album, if there is any part of you that likes Emo you will love it. (If you don't like the intro just skip it jackson hole, wy was the first track i heard and i suggest starting with it)

Following the Holy Moon Goddess