Sundays Are Coming Back
by Haley Spielberg
2012 marks the 10-year anniversary release of Taking Back Sunday’s debut album, Tell All Your Friends (TAYF). To celebrate the occasion, the original lineup set out on a two-month tour across the United States playing the album in its entirety, ending the tour where the band started: New York.
On November 23, 2012, Taking Back Sunday- known affectionately by fans as TBS- played one of the last shows of the tour at Terminal 5, a venue in New York City. I was lucky enough to obtain tickets to the performance that sold out within five minutes.
Upon arrival at the venue, it was clear that the show was going to be packed to the brim- a slight concern, although it was expected. Concertgoers varied from teenagers to adults who looked to be in their early 30s; the only thing bigger than the age gap was the hype.
Indie-punk band The Menzingers started off the night; their sound is a sort of Gaslight Anthem meets New Found Glory conglomerate, which is reminiscent of the early angst of TAYF. Up next was Bayside, hailing from Bayside, Queens. This band delivered, playing all the right songs at all the right times. What many band’s forget is that a setlist needs to be tailored to the type of audience they’re playing for. Bayside took advantage of the range in age and fan intensity, playing songs from their first album that dropped in 2004 to their most recent album that dropped in 2011.
Taking Back Sunday took the stage around 9pm. To the crowd’s surprise, their opening songs were not from TAYF but from their 2006 album Louder Now; the album that most definitely launched TBS into their semi-stardom. I’m never opposed to listening to lead singer Adam Lazzara belt out lines from the irrefutable classic “MakeDamnSure,” but that wasn’t what I came to see. I came to see the originals on TAYF, not the songs that made it onto MTV.
After TBS finished a set of about six songs that aren’t on the album the tour is dedicated to, the band took a two minute break, reappeared on stage to the sound of “You Know How I Do,” the lead song off of TAYF. From this point on, TBS played a non-stop, high-energy show that the crowd was waiting for. Breaks between songs were nonexistent as well as any signs of fatigue from both the crowd and the band. The intensity of the show was highlighted when Lazzara actually jumped into the crowd for the last two songs.
When all is said and done, Taking Back Sunday knows how to put on a good show. I wouldn’t call this show their best performance, but it was definitely a top-notch evening that would make any Long Islander proud of their hometown heroes.
2012 marks the 10-year anniversary release of Taking Back Sunday’s debut album, Tell All Your Friends (TAYF). To celebrate the occasion, the original lineup set out on a two-month tour across the United States playing the album in its entirety, ending the tour where the band started: New York.
On November 23, 2012, Taking Back Sunday- known affectionately by fans as TBS- played one of the last shows of the tour at Terminal 5, a venue in New York City. I was lucky enough to obtain tickets to the performance that sold out within five minutes.
Upon arrival at the venue, it was clear that the show was going to be packed to the brim- a slight concern, although it was expected. Concertgoers varied from teenagers to adults who looked to be in their early 30s; the only thing bigger than the age gap was the hype.
Indie-punk band The Menzingers started off the night; their sound is a sort of Gaslight Anthem meets New Found Glory conglomerate, which is reminiscent of the early angst of TAYF. Up next was Bayside, hailing from Bayside, Queens. This band delivered, playing all the right songs at all the right times. What many band’s forget is that a setlist needs to be tailored to the type of audience they’re playing for. Bayside took advantage of the range in age and fan intensity, playing songs from their first album that dropped in 2004 to their most recent album that dropped in 2011.
Taking Back Sunday took the stage around 9pm. To the crowd’s surprise, their opening songs were not from TAYF but from their 2006 album Louder Now; the album that most definitely launched TBS into their semi-stardom. I’m never opposed to listening to lead singer Adam Lazzara belt out lines from the irrefutable classic “MakeDamnSure,” but that wasn’t what I came to see. I came to see the originals on TAYF, not the songs that made it onto MTV.
After TBS finished a set of about six songs that aren’t on the album the tour is dedicated to, the band took a two minute break, reappeared on stage to the sound of “You Know How I Do,” the lead song off of TAYF. From this point on, TBS played a non-stop, high-energy show that the crowd was waiting for. Breaks between songs were nonexistent as well as any signs of fatigue from both the crowd and the band. The intensity of the show was highlighted when Lazzara actually jumped into the crowd for the last two songs.
When all is said and done, Taking Back Sunday knows how to put on a good show. I wouldn’t call this show their best performance, but it was definitely a top-notch evening that would make any Long Islander proud of their hometown heroes.