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You could forgive many for being skeptical, or even outright dismissive. Throughout the brief promotional campaign leading up to the release of Black Lines, the key theme that has been emphasized by Tallahassee pop punk staples Mayday Parade and those around them is evolution and change. Derek Sanders, lead singer of Mayday Parade "When we went into writing Black Lines, we felt like we wanted to try something new and fresh… Overall, on this album we went for more mature songwriting and created an album for ourselves and not just writing for our fans.” Their encore of “Oh Well, Oh Well” was received incredibly well, and despite having to stop their set for the second time that night due to an injury, the crowd stayed engaged with them, ready to close out the show with a bang.Review Summary: A genuinely surprising exercise in experimentation and nuance. Following “Looks Red, Tastes Blue” (which I’ve listened to probably 100 times since the concert, it is phenomenal), Saunders and drummer Jake Bundrick played through the hard-hitting trio of “Three Cheers for Five Years,” “Miserable at Best,” and “Stay.” The crowd was the loudest it had been all night for “Three Cheers” and “Miserable.” My favorite moment of the night came during the final chorus of “Miserable,” during which Saunders leaned away from the mic and allowed the audience to sing, as Bundrick joined in with beautiful harmonies to accompany the audience.Ĭlosing the show before the encore with “Stay” allowed for a phenomenal build, as the band joined back in to strongly contrast the softness of the moment before.
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My favorite part of every Mayday Parade show is when a piano is rolled onto stage, and the show slows down for a short interval. The crowd was extremely pleased by the mashup, and sang their hearts out to the classics. To pay homage, and because as Saunders described, “I’ll always be an emo kid,” the band launched into a mashup of “My Friends Over You” by New Found Glory, “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” by My Chemical Romance, and “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)” by Taking Back Sunday. Mayday Parade are a major player in the second wave of pop-punk, following the success of bands like blink-182 and Yellowcard. Between songs, lead singer Derek Saunders even acknowledged a few fans in the front row who had flown all the way from Amsterdam and the UK to follow the tour, proving the longevity and dedication of their fanbase. As they played through songs off the new album all the way back to their first release A Lesson in Romantics (one of my favorite records of all time), they ensured that no matter when you became a Mayday Parade fan, you would be able to scream along at some point during the set.
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Opening with “Never Sure,” the first track off Sunnyland, the audience was immediately thrown into the heart of Mayday Parade: biting lyrics masked with bubbly major chords and quick drum beats.