It was my first time seeing the band and even though I didn’t like their new album from this year, they only played two songs from it, and they played a lot of their popular, older stuff. That became the end of the band’s set before they returned and performed I’d Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About – another really powerful and emotional song – for their encore. It was beautiful, the way everyone sung and there was a unity in the room. Everyone in the audience knew the words and it was bittersweet as we sang along until the band left the stage and left us singing for a good minute. The highlight was definitely when they played Miserable At Best, a heart-wrenching ballad.

I don’t know all the lyrics to all of Mayday Parade’s music, and their song titles are hard to remember because they often have little to do with the content of the songs, but they put on a sweet show and they played some great hits. I was getting more pumped as the night went on. So it’s really kind of refreshing and exciting to see an international band playing music like punk rock. I see a lot of local artists who song pop, rock, reggae and electronica, but punk rock? Not so much. It had been some time since I had seen a punk rock band. Last Friday, Nick, Brandon and I went to see Mayday Parade, Brandon’s favourite punk rock band. Had a few early mornings and late nights, so sort of struggling to stay awake.

Just a catch-up of what has been happening this past week.

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