Though I’ve been following the band since the very beginning, I have to say that I’ve been slightly disappointed with the material lately. “This the first stuff I’ve heard from them since ALIR that got my attention,” he says. It’s nothing like the kind of “happy heartache” pop-rock a listener might come to expect.Īlex quit listening to Mayday Parade after A Lesson In Romantics. Here’s Hannah to tell you all about what they thought!īlack Lines is difficult to get a grip on, because it’s so emphatically different from anything Mayday Parade has ever done. idobi writers Hannah Pierangelo and Alex Mayes sat down for a mini listening party of the new release Black Lines. Mayday Parade have been going strong for a decade now, and with their fifth album, which dropped last week, of course they’ve still got us all talking. The kings of emo are back, and we’ve all been dying to hear what they’ve come up with. 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.“I’m a sinking ship, I’m a cut that won’t heal right, let’s be honest.” 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.
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. 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.
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