They don't look like emo bands. They don't act like emo bands, either. I've been through I don't know how many different waves of emo, and I've seen a lot of different ways that emo bands can comport themselves on stage, but none of them were quite like this. There's a certain pugilistic swagger that only a hardcore band can bring. Through most waves of emo, even when we're talking about Fall Out Boy or whatever, the musicians often come from hardcore. But they never bring that pugilistic swagger over with them -- or if they do, I've just never seen it. But when Koyo, One Step Closer, and Anxious came to Richmond, all three bands were ready to throw down, even though their music mostly demanded a different kind of reaction.