Game Changers - Music

A mix of albums and songs, these are all the Game Changers in music for me! Obviously music can straddle more than one genre, so take my genre divisions with a pinch of salt.


EmoIndieRap

Emo

I do sympathise with the bands of the time who rejected or pushed back against the "emo" label, because it is true that a number of them are not united by one cohesive sound, but more a common audience. Nevertheless, it is the simplest way to group these bands, and most of them have come to accept, if not embrace, the term.

The Trick to Life by The Hoosiers

Album cover of the Trick to Life, yellow version

Reasons why it's a Game Changer:

This is the first Game Changer I remember in my life. One Christmas, whilst I was putting up decorations with my mum and sister, I saw out of the corner of my eye an advert for this album that showed a bit of the video for Goodbye Mr. A and I thought it looked like an interesting video, so I looked it up later — and instantly fell in love.

I still maintain, what must be near 20 years later, that this album is bop after bop, beginning to end. They don't make a single misstep in my view and I could listen to any song, any time.

The album doesn't just stick to one particular sound within the genre — the Hoosiers manage to nail both the bouncier and slower tracks, whilst keeping the album consistent with the overall, a little bit dark, a little bit tongue-in-cheek theme. PLease enjoy the selection of tracks below, which includes the music video that started it all for me.

Incidentally, the Hoosiers were born out of the Hoosier Complex, which is the artist of the song in my player at the top of the page. Feel free to give it a listen too :)

Indie

The Trick to Life by The Hoosiers

Album cover of the Trick to Life, yellow version

Reasons why it's a Game Changer:

This is the first Game Changer I remember in my life. One Christmas, whilst I was putting up decorations with my mum and sister, I saw out of the corner of my eye an advert for this album that showed a bit of the video for Goodbye Mr. A and I thought it looked like an interesting video, so I looked it up later — and instantly fell in love.

I still maintain, what must be near 20 years later, that this album is bop after bop, beginning to end. They don't make a single misstep in my view and I could listen to any song, any time.

The album doesn't just stick to one particular sound within the genre — the Hoosiers manage to nail both the bouncier and slower tracks, whilst keeping the album consistent with the overall, a little bit dark, a little bit tongue-in-cheek theme. PLease enjoy the selection of tracks below, which includes the music video that started it all for me.

Incidentally, the Hoosiers were born out of the Hoosier Complex, which is the artist of the song in my player at the top of the page. Feel free to give it a listen too :)