Bayside at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (28 August 2016)

Bayside Setlist

Sick, Sick, Sick I’ve Been Dead All Day Montauk Pigsty Blame It on Bad Luck The Walking Wounded Just Enough to Love You Sinking and Swimming on Long Island Two Letters Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem What and What Not Masterpiece Carry On Killing Time Duality Mary Mr. Brightside (The Killers cover) Landing Feet First — Encore — Don’t Call Me Peanut Pretty Vacant Devotion and Desire

Menzingers Setlist  The Obituaries I Was Born I Don’t Wanna Be An A**hole Anymore Nice Things Lookers Good Things Burn After Writing Sun Hotel Thick as Thieves Casey My Friend Kyle Rodent In Remission

Sorority Noise Setlist Corrigan Rory Shield Nolsey Dirty Ickes Art School Wannabe Mononokay Using

Tour Dates

New York City pop-punk favorites, Bayside, made a stop in Minneapolis on Sunday night in support of their newest release Vacancy (Hopeless Records).

 

Emo band Sorority Noise, from Hartford, Connecticut, was the first band to take the stage on Sunday night. These guys are fairly new to the scene but are quickly becoming a favorite throughout the scene. Their music is raw, just like people like their emo music, but it has a lot more energy that what is typically classified as emo. Singer Cam Boucher seemed a bit nervous as he addressed the crowd only to announce the band name and explain the meaning in the last two songs (the second to last song was about his bout with depression whereas the last song was about being happy with your life). However, Boucher did not seem nervous as he powered through the quick twenty-five-minute set with his raw emotions being laid out on the table.

Sorority Noise has released an EP and a few singles in the past couple of months but their newest full length Joy Departed came out in June of last year on Topshelf Records. All of their music is currently available on Bandcamp for download.

The Menzingers was next, showing up on stage after the inspirational speech from Independence Day. This pop-punk (although leaning more towards the punk side) band from Philadelphia seems to be gaining speed and fans with each day that passes.

This band is not new to the scene as their first album A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology (they didn’t play any songs off of this album) came out back in 2007 but they didn’t seem to get the recognition they deserved until On the Impossible Past came out in 2012. Since then, these guys have been thrilling audiences with their great live shows which are full of energy and talent.

Tom May and Greg Barnett take turns at doing vocals for the band. It is easy to tell which singer is singing at any given time due to the drastic difference in their sounds but when they sing together it is truly a magical thing to hear.

The Menzingers played two new songs, “Lookers” and “Thick as Thieves” which will be on their upcoming release After the Party which is due out yet this year. The rest of the set was a good mix of songs from On The Impossible Past and Rented World (which came out in 2014). The set also included “I Was Born” from Chamberlain Waits.

Vacancy is Bayside’s seventh full length since the band’s conception in 2000. Their first album, Sirens and Condolences, was released in 2004 and since then, they have been consistently putting new music out there for their cult-like following.

Singer Anthony Raneri told fans that the new album is not a break-up album, more an album that deals with the aftermath of a break-up. Raneri knows the feeling well as his wife left him shortly after her family moved from New York to Tennessee. As sad and tragic as this must have been for Raneri, it truly made this latest Bayside release a masterpiece due to the raw emotion that is found in, not only the lyrics, but the way the music is presented.

Bayside played through their entire lifetime of music including at least one song from each of their releases including “Masterpiece” from Sirens and Condolences. The crowd really seemed to respond more to the older songs but were not quick to dismiss the songs played from Vacancy. Bayside performed the sole cover of the night, “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers. The cover was beautifully executed and sounded very close to the original only with a little Raneri charm.

The crowd pushed and shoved as Bayside play through their 21-song set. Nobody in the crowd seemed disappointed, including myself. The energy in the room was intense and the emotions coming off of the stage were true. Bayside has been a staple in the pop-punk scene for years and with this new release and a new found emotion with Raneri, Bayside proved that they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

The tour is about half way done so if you have a chance, I highly suggest checking out one of the upcoming dates if it’s coming to your area. The music is great and the atmosphere awesome. All in all, this tour is a great tour for the pop-punk kids out there that refuse to grow up!