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 August to keep our playlists in tip-top shape.
From Frank Iero‘s debut solo record Stomaches to Say Anything‘s …Is a Real Boy, all the way to Hellogoodbye‘s Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and The Academy Is…’s Fast Times At Barrington High, these 25 album anniversaries will give you something to celebrate all month long.
Say Anything — …Is A Real Boy
Released on: August 3, 2004, via Doghouse Records.
Standout Tracks: “A Walk Through Hell” & “Alive With The Glory Of Love”
Hawthorne Heights — Fragile Future
Released on: August 5, 2008, via Victory Records.
Standout Tracks: “Rescue Me” & “Somewhere in Between”
Hellogoodbye — Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
Released on: August 8, 2006, via Drive-Thru Records.
Standout Tracks: “Here (In Your Arms)” & “Oh, It Is Love”
The Spill Canvas — One Fell Swoop
Released on: August 9, 2005, via One Eleven Records.
Standout Tracks: “Staplegunned” & “Polygraph, Right Now!”
With Confidence — Love And Loathing
Released on: August 10, 2018, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Moving Boxes” & “Icarus”
Saves The Day — Can’t Slow Down
Released on: August 11, 1998, via Equal Vision Records.
Standout Tracks: “Deciding” & “Handsome Boy”
Dashboard Confessional — A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Released on: August 12, 2003, via EMI Records.
Standout Tracks: “Hands Down” & “Bend And Not Break”
Pale Waves — Unwanted
Released on: August 12, 2022, via Dirty Hit.
Standout Tracks: “Lies” & “Unwanted”
Neck Deep — Life’s Not Out To Get You
Released on: August 14, 2015, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “December” & “Can’t Kick Up The Roots”
Silverstein — Discovering The Waterfront
Released on: August 16, 2005, via Victory Records.
Standout Tracks: “Smile In Your Sleep” & “My Heroine”
Neck Deep — The Peace And The Panic
Released on: August 18, 2017, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “In Bloom” & “Happy Judgement Day”
The Academy Is… — Fast Times At Barrington High
Released on: August 19, 2008, via Fueled By Ramen.
Standout Tracks: “About A Girl” & ” His Girl Friday”
Panic! At The Disco — Viva Las Vengeance
Released on: August 19, 2022, via Fueled By Ramen.
Standout Tracks: “Viva Las Vengeance” & “Do It To Death”
Plain White T’s — Stop
Released on: August 20, 2002, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Stop” & “What If”
Stand Atlantic — Was Here
Released on: August 23, 2024, via Hopeless Records.
Standout Tracks: “GIRL$” & “NOSE BLEED”
Plain White T’s — Parallel Universe
Released on: August 24, 2018, via Fearless Records.
Standout Tracks: “Your Body” & “Light Up The Room”
Ashnikko — Weedkiller
Released on: August 25, 2023, via Parlophone.
Standout Tracks: “Worms” & “World Eater”
PVRIS — All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
Released on: August 25, 2017, via Rise Records.
Standout Tracks: “What’s Wrong” & “Same Soul”
Turnover — Good Nature
Released on: August 25, 2017, via Run For Cover Records.
Standout Tracks: “Super Natural” & “Nightlight Girl”
Frank Iero — Stomachaches
Released on: August 25, 2014, via Hassle Records.
Standout Tracks: “Joyriding” & “Weighted”
Turnstile — Glow On
Released on: August 27, 2021, via Road Runner Records.
Standout Tracks: “Holiday” & “T.L.C.”
3OH!3 — Need
Released on: August 27, 2021, via Photo Finish Records.
Standout Tracks: “I’m So Sad” & “Lonely Machines”
Halsey — Badlands
Released on: August 28, 2015, via Astralwerks.
Standout Tracks: “New Americana” & “Control”
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus — Am I The Enemy
Released on: August 30, 2011, via Collective Sounds.
Standout Tracks: “Reap” & “Am I The Enemy”
The Used — Artwork
Released on: August 31, 2009, via Reprise Records.
Standout Tracks: “Blood On My Hands” & “Born To Quit”
