''I Guess This Is Goodbye'' is the fifth installment in ''

The Emo Diaries ''The Emo Diaries'' is a series of twelve compilation albums released by Deep Elm Records between 1997 and 2011. The series had an open submissions policy and featured mostly acts that were unsigned at the time of the albums' releases. Deep Elm foun ...

'' series of

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s, released October 24, 2000 by

Deep Elm Records Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''. Histo ...

. As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation, and as a result the music does not all fit within the

emo Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...

style. As with the rest of the series, ''I Guess This Is Goodbye'' features mostly unsigned bands contributing songs that were previously unreleased. Reviewer Johnny Loftus of

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remarks that "Sonically, this volume of the series doesn't tread too far from the emo feedbag. The set vacillates between a rawer, post-hardcore sound (Cast Aside) and the drifting and/or driving traditional emo of groups like

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Ravine and Benji. This is not the strongest chapter of the ''Emo Diaries'', but it will certainly offer enough thrills and chills for Deep Elm faithful."

Track listing

References

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