Emocapella

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Emocapella
Emocapella
Origin	Washington, DC
Country	United States
Years active	2001–present
Genres	Emo Punk A Cappella

Emocapella (a portmanteau of emo and a cappella, though intentionally misspelled) is a critically-acclaimed all-male collegiate a cappella at the George Washington University. Emocapella was founded in in 2001 by Eric Denman, a GW senior at the time, who wanted to form a group that purposefully deviated from traditional a cappella.

Emocapella is known for their atypically energetic shows rich with rock jumps and comedy and is credited with inventing a performance technique known as "Guerillacapella."

Contents 1 Press 2 Albums 2.1 I'm Sorry 2.2 Is It In Yet? 3 External links 4 Notes

[edit] Press

Emocapella has been featured in several major publications including Entertainment Weekly ^[1], Maxim Blender Magazine ^[2], and Spin magazine ^[3] as well as MTV.com ^[4], and has received international mention from such sources as the British Music Magazine Kerrang!, a Japanese Radio Interview, and the German Publication Visions ^[5].

[edit] Albums

Emocapella has released two albums to date, I'm Sorry (2003) and Is It In Yet? (2006).

[edit] I'm Sorry

I'm Sorry, Emocapella's debut album, was released in 2003. It is a studio album and has 11 songs: 10 covers and one original.

1. Enjoy Your Day (Alkaline Trio)
2. Cute Without The E (Taking Back Sunday)
3. Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend (The Mr. T Experience)
4. Soco Amaretto Lime (Brand New)
5. Nebutol (Manatee)
6. Fuck Her Gently (Tenacious D)
7. Aside (The Weakerthans)
8. At Your Funeral (Saves the Day)
9. Just a Friend (Biz Markie)
10. Where Have You Been (Reel Big Fish)
11. Canon In DD (Emocapella Original, parody of Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel)

[edit] Is It In Yet?

Emocapella's second album, also a studio album, was released in 2006. Titled Is It In Yet? it features 10 songs, all covers.

1. Lonely Day (Phantom Planet)
2. The Artist in the Ambulance (Thrice)
3. On Legendary (Further Seems Forever)
4. Waggy (Blink-182)
5. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (My Chemical Romance)
6. Go or Go Ahead (Rufus Wainwright)
7. Song for the Dumped (Ben Folds and Adam Sandler)
8. Next to You (Matt Skiba)
9. She Gotta Smile (Steven Lynch)
10. My Girlfriend’s Dead (The Vandals)

[edit] External links

• Emocapella (official site)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Rites of Sing, Entertainment Weekly, December 13, 2002, Pg. 7
2. ^ Weird Band Alert, Maxim Blender, April 1, 2003
3. ^ Ay, Carrabba, Spin Magazine, April 1, 2003, pg 34
4. ^ New Way To Get Girls: Sing Emo Tunes A Cappella At Dorm Socials, MTV.com, January 27, 2005
5. ^ Bite Size!, Kerrang!, April 5, 2003