The show opened with Big Eyes from Central New Jersey, who were a great opener. Their songs sometime blend into one another but that was fine. The second opener was a band called Bridge and Tunnel. I had never heard of them before except for a small conversation with someone who told me that they were a good live band. Without a doubt, they surprised me, and that's strange since i'm somewhat of an elitest. They talked about issues such as health care and when they played songs they were very very complex and had a really awesome raw feel to them. The one thing that stuck out was they had three of the members doing vocals either together or at different times. Each singer played an instrument at the same time.
Tigers jaw then came on stage, and being one of my favorite bands i was really excited. Sadly since they were not with all their members they played only six songs. It was a good time still, and very cool to see that even missing a member they sounded really tight. The crowd was really really strange, it was obvious that they were no longer playing to the independent/ hardcore music scene anymore. Many kids ranging from ages 14 to late 20s made up the crowd. A bunch of teeny boppers stood in front of me, and even stage dived. Believe me, I felt old being 19 and did my best not to push them too much.
Isn't it strange how we're all getting older and feeling more and more awkward around younger kids. Hell, I remember being fourteen stage diving and moshing at any show possible. Hardcore or not, I always lost it to any band I enjoyed. Now, i'm the guy hanging out in the crowd with my girlfriend with the occasional moment where I come out of my mosh retirement* or when I stage dive.
*Mosh retirement is something that us hardcore kids that have somewhat grown out of moshing call it when you don't mosh for a long time at shows.
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