Recap Post

I've been terrible about keeping up with my show reviews, so instead of going back and writing a handful of terrible mini summaries, I'm just gonna make one post about the last few I've been to and then try to start up again with the more recent ones.

Apparently the oldest one I never wrote about was Limbeck with fun. and Hellogoodbye, which saddens me because that was a spectacular show. I showed up as Limbeck was setting up, and I'd never seen them before despite living in the same damn town, so I was pretty excited. They played a ton of great songs and I loved their set. I'd really like to see them again. I was most excited to see fun. though, and my excitement was more than rewarded. Their name suits them so well and anyone who hasn't yet heard Aim and Ignite really needs to do so, hopefully in time to fall in love and catch their upcoming tour. I've already got my ticket for their next show at Chain and I can't wait. I wasn't even planning to stick around for Hellogoodbye, but their set was very enjoyable as well. I'm a sucker for cutesy pop music, so it worked out nicely. Chain pretty much turned into a dance party for the last half hour of the show and I loved it. Great show.


Next up was Polar Bear Club with Four Year Strong and Set Your Goals at the Glass House. That show was pretty insane. I forget what the name of the tour was but it was sold out and we spent the whole show upstairs watching the pits get crazy. The entire floor of the venue was packed with little circle pits and ridiculous fights kept starting. The show itself was a lot of fun though. Fireworks and some other opening anarchy band played, but the three I mentioned stood out by far. I'd definitely recommend seeing any of them.


I also went to see Cruel Hand with Ceremony and Have Heart at Chain, although I don't normally listen to any of those bands. Cruel Hand was alright, but Ceremony was definitely not my kind of music. I don't go to many of those kinds of shows, but I don't think I've ever seen Chain get that crazy for anyone. Have Heart's set was pretty intense too. People were jumping over the side partition onto the stage and then into the crowd. Blah blah you get the idea.


The next show I went to was to see The Ataris play at Chain with I Am Ghost and The Sequence. There was one other band whose name I've forgotten, but they were more in the vein of I Am Ghost than any of the others. The Sequence did well, though it was weird to see Craig on stage with anyone other than Nick and Jonny, and especially to see him performing anywhere other than center stage. I don't really listen to I Am Ghost but they were decent. The Ataris were sweet. I had already seen Kris Roe play acoustic, but it was nice to get the full band experience.