Cheap Shot Youth Anthems

I went and saw Paint It Black and Cold World last night, it was a really fun time, by far the best show I've been to since Go It Alone last August. Cold World were fun to watch, they actually surprised me quite a bit, i had previously written them off without giving them much of a chance but they played an entertaining set at the least, i picked up their newest LP so we'll see if i like them on record.

Paint it Black were just awesome like you would expect. Yemin is an absolute madman on the mic, the best part is when the song ends and for a few seconds after he stand at the edge of the stage with a gruelingly intense look on his face glaring into the crowd. They played Memorial Day and Atticus Finch which are two of my favorite songs. For the ending of Memorial Day Yemin got off that stage and everyone gathered around to help him sing the anthemic ending. They closed with Atticus Finch and if you know that song it needs no explanation, its perfect for the mosh, I've never been much a mosh connoisseur but that song wrenches it out of me.


I went with a friend i met in my social movements class who had never been to a punk show before, it's always funny watching someone react the first time they see kids climbing all over each other shouting indiscernible words into at the singer of a band. She enjoyed it though. We went to a jazz bar before the show and watched a guy rocking out harder than i though possible with a cello, there was a definite contrast in the music consumption last night.