Do Not Disturb

Emo pop with mid-tempo half-time drums, palm-muted electric guitars, and a driving bass pulse; verse stays intimate and stripped with dry close-mic vocals, pre-chorus opens into stacked harmonies and rising toms, chorus hits with wide power chords and shouted doubles on the hook. Use tape-stop transitions, reverse cymbal swells, and a last-chorus octave lift. Bright, punchy, and bruised with glossy edge., emo