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So as usual we rolled into that place late. Emarosa was already done playing by the time we made it the front door which was a mega bummer cause i was kind of excited to see them live as i have never done so in the past. sucked.

before we made it from the security check to the actual stage area we saw some kid blowing chunks in the bathroom and with in like 3 minutes another kid did the same on the floor about 3 feet from me. Meaning 1 of 2 things, 1: Either it was like outbreak up in that mother and we were in desperate need of Dustin Hoffman to run some tests 4 billion times or 2: some 14 year olds decided to split either a whole bartles and james wine cooler or 1 single shot of some manner of flavored liquor so they could get super drunk and have a story for home period the next day.

Four Letter Lie played second and I was kind of into seeing them. I hated their first album and wrote them off as a horrible underoath rip off but was fairly impressed with their sophomore attempt so i had interest at least. They were mediocre as a band but their lead singer poured so much into his performance that i got mad at everyone that was sharing the stage with that dude. They seriously let him down and hold him back. the kid put so much behind each scream that you could tell he meant every word he yelled with his full heart. it was inspiring and impressive to say the least. I would like to see that kid succeed cause this whole god damn generation needs to take a page out of his book and put some god damn heart behind what they are doing and not just stand on stage and try to out pose each other. But overall the band was pretty plain cut besides his lead. Not necessarily bad but definitely boring, lazy, and not as active as the music suggested they should have been.

Breathe Carolina was so obnoxious and annoying that we had to leave multiple times to the bar at the other side of the building. It was loud, overbearing, and frightening to see the reaction they were getting from their tween followers. They had no backing band but instead a couple of dudes running sequencers and midi controllers. for christ sakes its one thing to not have a drummer but utilize the space on stage in some way. its been so long since i have seen a band without drums (last time was probably idiot pilot) that it was eerie to see the void just collecting dust. SOOOOO BAAAAD.

When we came back for Pierce The Veil i wasn’t expecting as much as my bud who had previously reviewed their album and found himself a fan. So when they had an intro that involved the tales from the crypt theme and a walk on by some dude dressed up like the crypt keeper his god damned self than i just got stoked on it. I hadn’t really paid much attention to this band on their recordings but i was caught off guard by the lead singers voice and his pitch and control. It was so damn high, like Claudio Sanchez (Coheed/Cambria) high. I can only compare it to seeing Coheed live for the first time and never hearing of them before. It was a surprise. I feel like i would have had a much better time watching them play if i would have known any of their songs and wasn’t watching my cell phone clock so we could get out of their with enough time before mikes movie madness closed on account of the fact that i had movies that were past due and we had to get a copy of slaughterhouse 5 or else. But yeah they seemed pretty solid and Ryan was sold on their drummer having what seemed like a blast with his kit.

Long story short i am going to get a good listen in before i go see pierce the veil again, Breathe Carolina made me want to sacrifice myself, Four Letter Lies Screamer deserves a good damn medal for his commitment to live performance, and someone needs to tell me what Emarosa sound like live.