Thursday and Underoath at the Knitting Factory on Thursday, February 3rd
It’s crazy to think that “Full Collapse” has been around for 10 years and we were in for a treat tonight as Thursday played the album in its entirety! From the kids in the front row who knew every word of every song to the crowd in the bar, the entire house was digging their set. However the dedicated fans in the front row were fun to watch because they were singing along at the top of their lungs and they would even applaud the band when they played their jam! Thursday dedicated “A Hole in the Wall” to the band Animals as Leaders (who unfortunately we missed) saying they were great guys to share the road with! The band also dedicated “Paris In Flames” to the fans that have stuck with them for ten years. They were dedicating songs to everyone, even for Underoath! They were very thankful to be out on the road and to have the support over the years.
Like I mentioned above too they sounded great! It was so much fun to hear some of my Thursday jams like “Understanding in A Car Crash” and “Cross Out Eyes.” Thursday also managed to thank us for not being a farty crowd after the frontman Geoff explained how crowds either smell like weed smoke or farts. On top of “Full Collapse” they treated us with a new song called “Turnpike Divides” which will be on their new album “No Devolucion” that comes out of April 12th. It was a treat to be able to see Thursday live in concert; we can’t wait for their new album to come out!
If you want to talk about a band that can kick the crap out of your ear buds, let’s talk Underoath. This is my third time seeing Underoath and each time I am blown away by the bands energy and stage presence. They are powerful and are great at taking over the crowd. It’s crazy that the band has released 7 albums with their latest album being “Ø (Disambiguation)” which came out November of 2010. I am pretty sure most of the crowd was familiar with every single album because it looked like all of the kids were singing along to every song. Plus as soon as their set started the bar cleared out and people were ready to rock out on the floor. Their fans were the most loyal floor crowd I have seen in a long time.
Underoath played “In Division” which is a new song of theirs and they were excited about the new music video! I was really excited to watch the video when we got home and it is was really cool, I don’t want to ruin it but they film a lot of it underwater! Click here to watch it for yourself! Underoath had a cool set visually with a video screen and these horizontal light bars; which really made their silhouettes stand out. They have so much energy on stage and Spencer’s dreadlocks were never still. The entire band works it and they put on a great live show. They keep me coming back every time they are in town! It’s pretty wild to think they started in 1997, I look forward to seeing them in concert yet again!
Photos courtesy of Matt Auclair.
