The dog days of summer call for some absolute bangers from the alternative world. Luckily, year after year, some of the most beloved acts in rock and emo unleashed dazzling LPs in the month of July to keep our playlists in tip-top shape.
From Sublime‘s 1996 self-titled and My Chemical Romance‘s debut, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, all the way to Pierce The Veil‘s Collide With The Sky and Jimmy Eat World‘s Bleed American, these 35 album anniversaries will give you something to celebrate all month long.
blink-182 — California
Released on: July 1, 2016, via BMG.
Standout Tracks: “Bored To Death” & “California”
3OH!3 — 3OH!3
Released on: July 2, 2007, via self-release.
Standout Tracks: “Electroshock” & “Don’t Dance”
Silverstein — Arrivals & Departures
Released on: July 2, 2007, via Victory Records.
Standout Tracks: “If You Could See Into My Soul” & “Still Dreaming”
Foo Fighters — Foo Fighters
Released on: July 4, 1995, via Roswell and Capitol Records.
Standout Tracks: “This Is A Call” & “Big Me”
YUNGBLUD — 21st Century Liability
Released on: July 6, 2018, via Geffen Records and Locomotion Recordings.
Standout Tracks: “Kill Somebody” & “Doctor Doctor”
3OH!3 — Want
Released on: July 8, 2008, via Photo Finish Records.
Standout Tracks: “DONTTRUSTME” & “STARSTRUKK”
The Maine — Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
Released on: July 8, 2008, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Everything I Ask For” & “Girls Do What They Want”
The Maine — XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time
Released on: July 9, 2021, via 8123 and Photo Finish Records.
Standout Tracks: “Sticky” & “Lips”
Saves The Day — Stay What You Are
Released on: July 10, 2001, via Vagrant Records.
Standout Tracks: “At Your Funeral” & “Freakish”
Mayday Parade — A Lesson In Romantics
Released on: July 10, 2007, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Jamie All Over” & “Miserable At Best”
The Maine — Black & White
Released on: July 12, 2010, via Warner Bros.
Standout Tracks: “Right Girl” & “Fuel To The Fire”
Cassadee Pope — Hereditary
Released on: July 12, 2024, via Awake Music.
Standout Tracks: “People That I Love Leave” & “Three Of Us”
Real Friends — Composure
Released on: July 13, 2018, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Me First” & “From The Outside”
Silverstein — Dead Reflection
Release on: July 14, 2017, via Rise Records.
Standout Tracks: “The Afterglow” & “Aquamarine”
MisterWives — Nosebleeds
Released on: July 14, 2023, via Photo Finish Records.
Standout Tracks: “Nosebleeds” & “Out Of Your Mind”
PVRIS — EVERGREEN
Released on: July 14, 2023, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Goddess” & “Evergreen”
Juliet Simms — From The Grave
Released on: July 15, 2016, via Ju Ju Productions.
Standout Tracks: “Trouble Finds You” & “Say Hello”
WILLOW — lately I feel EVERYTHING
Released on: July 16, 2021, via ROC NATION.
Standout Tracks: “Transparent Soul” & “Gaslight”
Pierce The Veil — Collide With The Sky
Released on: July 17, 2012, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “King For A Day” & “Bulls In The Bronx”
The Aces — Under My Influence
Released on: July 17, 2020, via Red Bull Records.
Standout Tracks: “Daydream” & “801”
Ashton Irwin — BLOOD ON THE DRUMS
Released on: July 17, 2024, via BMG.
Standout Tracks: “Lose You” & “Straight To Your Heart”
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus — Don’t You Fake It
Released on: July 18, 2006, via Virgin Records.
Standout Tracks: “Face Down” & “Your Guardian Angel”
The Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
Released on: July 19, 1993, via Virgin Records.
Standout Tracks: “Today” & “Disarm”
The Summer Set — Everything’s Fine
Released on: July 19, 2011, via Razor & Tie.
Standout Tracks: “When We Were Young” & “Someone Like You”
Black Veil Brides — We Stitch These Wounds
Released on: July 20, 2010, via StandBy Records.
Standout Tracks: “Knives And Pens” & “Perfect Weapon”
Joyce Manor — Never Hungover Again
Released on: July 22, 2014, via Epitaph Records.
Standout Tracks: “Heart Tattoo” & “Falling In Love Again”
My Chemical Romance — I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Released on: July 23, 2002, via Eyeball Records.
Standout Tracks: “Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us” & “Headfirst for Halos”
Jimmy Eat World — Bleed American
Released on: July 24, 2001, via DreamWorks Records.
Standout Tracks: “Bleed American” & “The Middle”
Sum 41 — Underclass Hero
Released on: July 24, 2007, via Island Records.
Standout Tracks: “Underclass Hero” & “Walking Disaster”
MisterWives — SUPERBLOOM
Released on: July 24, 2020, via Fueled by Ramen.
Standout Tracks: “Superbloom” & “Decide To Be Happy”
Neck Deep — All Distortions Are Intentional
Released on: July 24, 2020, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “When You Know” & “Lowlife”
All Time Low — Put Up Or Shut Up
Released on: July 25, 2006, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Coffee Shop Soundtrack” & “Jasey Rae”
Paramore — All We Know Is Falling
Released on: July 26, 2005, via Fueled By Ramen.
Standout Tracks: “Pressure” & “Emergency”
Taking Back Sunday — Where You Want To Be
Released on: July 27, 2004, via Victory Records.
Standout Tracks: “A Decade Under the Influence” & “This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)”
Sublime — Sublime
Released on: July 30, 1996, via MCA Records.
Standout Tracks: “Santeria” & “What I Got”
