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Review by: Reanna Simmons
Post hardcore band Of Mice & Men kicked off their U.S.
headlining tour for their album Restoring
Force: Full Circle. This tour included Volumes and
Capture The Crown as the opening acts. Restoring
Force: Full Circle is a reissue of their previous album with three new
songs, and an acoustic version of a song off of Restoring Force. The tour kicked off on April 25th, in
Jacksonville, Florida, and would end on July 9th, in Mexico City; however, the
band had to cancel the remainder of their headlining tour following frontman
Austin Carlile’s hospitalization.
I don’t know if
I would call this lucky, but other Of Mice & Men fans and myself were
fortunate enough to see them on this headlining tour. The night of the show
took place at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. This would be my first
time at this venue. The location of the venue is relatively nice, and I say
that because when I go to a concerts in San Francisco it’s usually held at The
Warfield. Before the show had started fans
were told that Capture The Crown wouldn’t be performing at this show. That night only Volumes and Of Mice
& Men would perform.
Volumes is
from Los Angeles, California. Last year the Los Angeles natives released their
most recent album No Sleep. The band finally took stage, and the
lights began to dim. Darkness filling majority of the venue. Fans started to
chant. “How’s the west coast feeling toniiiiiight?!” is all you hear through
the speakers. Slowly but surely the pit started to open up by within seconds
of a breakdown.
Concert goer Madison Souza, 16, shares
her thoughts on the band Volumes, “They’re a really good band -- just like
Issues, and Let Live.”
Bands like Volumes know how to get a
crowd going, and by the looks of it tonight was going to be sick.
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| Photo Credit: Adam Serrato |
During the show the band played
songs of their latest album No Sleep,
played a few songs off their 2011 album Via,
and even rejoiced on playing in SF at The Regency Ballroom. As their set came
to a close fans were ready, and in wonder to see what Of Mice & Men has in
store. Again lights begin to dim, and a
heavy bass drop fill the air through the loudspeakers.
“YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, OR
SOMETHING TO ASK. I DON’T LIVE IN A CAGE, IT'S NONE OF YOUR, YOU ALL HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY, OR SOMETHING TO ASK I DON’T LIVE IN A CAGE, IT’S NONE OF YOUR
BUSINESS!” frontman Austin Carlile screams into his mic opening up the show
with Public Service Announcement.
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| Photo Credit: Adam Serrato |
Fans were jumping, and shoving with
excitement. Finally, Of Mice & Men is on stage getting their crowd going.
“Restoring
Force has a lot more of a deeper meaning,”
says Souza. “I’m definitely looking forward to all the throwback songs.”
If you have yet to check out their
latest album you definitely should. It’s almost like the rebirth of a band in
an album, and it confronts a lot of issues. It’s genuine. Throughout the show the band played
songs all across their albums -- from their self-titled to their second album The Flood, and of course Restoring Force. Of Mice
& Men’s set lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes with a two song
encore. The band closed the show with The
Depths, and You Are Not Alone.
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