The month of March is upon us, so you know what that means. It’s bracket time here at Milwaukee Record! Past March brackets have featured Wisconsin-based snacks and Wisconsin cities competing to be the best in their field. This time around, we’re focusing our bracket bandwidth on The Promise Ring. Yes, throughout the month, “March Sadness: The Promise Ring Song Bracket” will be pitting (almost) every song the seminal Milwaukee emo band has ever released against one another in an effort to determine The Promise Ring’s best song of all-time.

The songs have been separated into the following album-based regions: 30 Degrees Everywhere, Nothing Feels Good, Very Emergency, and Wood/Water. Each region also features standalone songs released by The Promise Ring and material from EPs or compilations. (Seeding was determined by the number of Spotify streams each song had when this bracket was created.)

Round 1 started March 4 and runs through March 10. Subsequent rounds will take place March 11-17, March 18-21, March 22-25, March 26-28, and the winner will be determined after a final round that runs March 29-30. Vote early and vote as many times as you’d like. Round 1 of “March Sadness: The Promise Ring Song Bracket” (and a JPG of the bracket itself) can be found below!

30 DEGREES EVERYWHERE (AND MORE)

NOTHING FEELS GOOD (AND MORE)

VERY EMERGENCY (AND MORE)

WOOD/WATER (AND MORE)

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