Still have a pop punk heart

House Of Blues
Boston MA
2/21/10
New Found Glory
Saves the Day
HelloGoodbye
Fireworks

Unbelieveable as it may seem, this year marks the ten year anniversary of New Found Glory's self titled album. A lot of people like to use the term "guilty pleasure" but I certainly don't. I have genuinely loved every album that NFG has put out. I remember exactly where and when I bought the self titled album (Newbury Comics in Salem NH while on my way to work at Not Your Average Joes). I've certainly seen them play more times than I can recall. Last night was easily one of the best performances I've ever seen.

As for the openers...well Fireworks does what they do very well and what they do is sound a lot like NFG. We missed the first half of their set but the last few songs were pretty good and seemed very inspired. HelloGoodbye has never really done much for me, but a lot of people also enjoyed them.

Now Saves the Day were once one of my favorite bands in the world. Something last night didn't quite feel right to me and I couldn't put my finger on it until I was discussing the show later. All of the songs after the album Stay What You Are have been significantly slower and the older songs were played in the same vein. This all lead to a very awkward listening experience to anyone who saw them 10 or even 5 years ago. The song selection was pretty incredible regardless with longtime favorites Sell My Old Clothes, Firefly, Shoulder to the Wheel, and Freakish all being enjoyable.

NFG came out and absolutely ripped through all 12 tracks of their self titled album. The album itself is certainly not flawless, but each song was brought to life even bigger and with more excitement in the live setting. The encore was almost like an additional show with an almost greatest hits selection covering almost all of the bands previous albums including No Reason Why (Gorilla Biscuits cover), All Downhill From Here, Head on Collission, Understatement, and closing with My Friends Over You. All in all this was an amazing night and the kind of night that included everything I love about music.