From the wunderbar German emo scene of the aughts comes On When Ready, from Recklinghausen and active in the years around 2003-2004 (this review says they were formed in 1998, but it's the only source I have for that). They spend the majority of their first album doing their best impression of The Get Up Kids circa Four Minute Mile, albeit with a lot more shouting. In that way, they often resemble their emo fellows Three Minute Poetry, a resemblance that grows more pronounced on the second album. Apparently the band had a changeup in guitar players between albums which would explain the changeup in sound. On the second album, the band ramps up the screaming and hits it harder on the guitars, becoming more akin to the post-hardcore of the period. Interestingly, they also ramp up the midwest emo, one of the few bands to move back in that direction on a subsequent work instead of starting there and gradually abandoning the sound.
Their discography is simple enough: their first album, Try Harder, in 2003 and the follow up, Fueled, in 2004. Any demos or unique compilation tracks haven't made it to Discogs or anywhere else that I can find.
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