Last Summer’s Romance

Hmmmm I think you’re referring to “midwest emo”? It’s basically what “emo” sounded like during the 90s, before the pop-punk influences started to take over around early 2000s. It sounds more indie than it does pop-punk and the guitar in a lot of the music has like... a “twinkley” sound to it? Not sure how to explain it lol.

Some earlier bands of the genre include American Football, Cap’n Jazz, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Braid. When people talk about “real emo” they’re usually referring to bands like these (and with good reason tbh: they were major influences for a LOT of later emo bands)

Other later midwest emo bands I’d recommend are: Algernon Cadwallader, Dads, Free Throw, Mom Jeans, Snowing, Joyce Manor, Glocca Morra, Tiny Moving Parts, Tigers Jaw, CSTVT, The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die (long name lol)