Soulmate were a German emo-pop band, though they didn't start that way. Their first, self-titled LP is pure emotional hardcore, and sounds like it should have come out at least a couple years earlier than 1995. It's also just okay—you'd be better off listening to Endpoint. Perhaps the band felt the same way; at some juncture they must have realized that their original sound was not where their true talents lay, and they pivoted hard into emo-pop.
This was the right move, because they are very, very good at those big pop hooks. I think the choruses for "See You" and "Tomboy" are permanently lodged in my brain. Their second album, In Summerstreets, is just about the perfect combination of emo-pop and midwest emo, catchy and emotive in equal measure. Their third album swings a little more into indie rock territory, but it still solidly emo, and has some great hooks (see "Shining Star" and "Occupy My Mind"). Besides the albums, they have a handful of EPs, one of which is a split called Hearts Pounding Everywhere with Reno Kid.
The Hearts Pounding Everywhere split is made available courtesy of How Nothing Feels.
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