Midwest Blue were a band from Chicago, active from 2001 to 2005. They were an emo pop band, with an output that runs the gamut from almost pure pop punk to third wave emo pop and everything in between, with plenty of influences from post-hardcore, midwest emo, and indie rock. They were pretty diverse; this review calls them out as being possibly too diverse, though I don't agree (I'm also not sure what the reviewer's problem is with the first four tracks of the LP, which are perfectly fine).
The band's first release in 2002, The Columbus Conspiracy EP. In 2003 they released their only full-length album, Remembering to Forget, which was released by Post-436, which also put out two releases from emo pop contemporaries Woke Up Falling. 2004 saw the release of the Alarm Clock EP, which was their last release before breaking up. In 2006 the band put out a posthumous compilation of rarities which included the Alarm Clock EP. The archived Midwest Blue website claims there was an unreleased song called 'What Can I Say' intended for the In And Out Of Love compilation, which was never released. But this page from vocalist Sam Swanson's site says the song is called 'Kangaroo Style' and is included on the Sides compilation, so perhaps the name of the song changed at some point.
Remembering to Forget and Sides are available through Bandcamp, but the page omits The Columbus Conspiracy EP.
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