Rockers demand you put on old clothes, see if they fit
By: Devon DeBlasio
Issue date: 10/22/04 Section: Entertainment
Originally published: 10/22/04 at 3:06 AM EST
Last update: 10/22/04 at 3:07 AM EST
Originally published: 10/22/04 at 3:06 AM EST
Last update: 10/22/04 at 3:07 AM EST
If you saw either The Killers or the Yea Yea Yea's last tour you might have heard or even been privileged enough to see this next fellow Philadelphian band. Trouble Every Day started off their set letting us all know who America's #1 Terrorist was, the man himself, the end of the literate society, George W Bush. (a poster hung on a mic stand depicting a deformed Bush as America's #1 Terrorist) they immediately got the audience's attention with group chanting and high and low peaks of sound moving the ear along with their lyrics. A DIY sound that you would find in any basement show in NJ or even Allentown mixed with a Pop sound that would make anyone in an earshot's head bounce made this band a real keeper.
What amazed me most was singer Kyle Costill's overall energy that produced screeching vocals that made you pay fucking attention and guitar strokes that seemed as if he was beating his hand against the pavement. Each song slapped you across the face, forcing anyone and everyone to listen. Taking a 6-color box of crayons this band, with their poetic a capello rhythms and thrashy rock and roll guitar could draw masterpieces of sound on such a great and surprising scale. Black clouds of sound filled the already smoke-filled bar causing focus and attention from the audience so that the electric drill of their style could easily bore a hole in our heads to send their messages right on thru.
To start it off was Saves the Day, so there isn't much to talk about if you have seen them play. They are always flawless and amazing (they're one of my favorite bands so yeah, that's why I am saying this) and Chris Conley, as a song writer and entertainer is always gracious and fulfilling. They played an acoustic set (meaning only acoustic guitars and everything else electric) and joined the drummer in sitting down to perform for all of us.
After some trouble with the sound check they were eventually off to play, opening up with the title track of their acoustic EP "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving" causing the whole audience to take over the vocals engulfing Chris with our form of gratitude. Unlike the other bands Saves the Day knew that we were at the show because we were all Kerry (or at least anti-Bush supporters) and did not want to bother us with politics, which was a relief for me at least. After a short groveling thanks to the cowbell and to This Radiant Boy for using it "Jessie and My Whet Stone" was up next to bat, After an interlude of cowbell performed by bassist Eben D'amico. Performing at least one song from every album they were able to please everyone's ear in the audience, young or old.
What amazed me most was singer Kyle Costill's overall energy that produced screeching vocals that made you pay fucking attention and guitar strokes that seemed as if he was beating his hand against the pavement. Each song slapped you across the face, forcing anyone and everyone to listen. Taking a 6-color box of crayons this band, with their poetic a capello rhythms and thrashy rock and roll guitar could draw masterpieces of sound on such a great and surprising scale. Black clouds of sound filled the already smoke-filled bar causing focus and attention from the audience so that the electric drill of their style could easily bore a hole in our heads to send their messages right on thru.
To start it off was Saves the Day, so there isn't much to talk about if you have seen them play. They are always flawless and amazing (they're one of my favorite bands so yeah, that's why I am saying this) and Chris Conley, as a song writer and entertainer is always gracious and fulfilling. They played an acoustic set (meaning only acoustic guitars and everything else electric) and joined the drummer in sitting down to perform for all of us.
After some trouble with the sound check they were eventually off to play, opening up with the title track of their acoustic EP "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving" causing the whole audience to take over the vocals engulfing Chris with our form of gratitude. Unlike the other bands Saves the Day knew that we were at the show because we were all Kerry (or at least anti-Bush supporters) and did not want to bother us with politics, which was a relief for me at least. After a short groveling thanks to the cowbell and to This Radiant Boy for using it "Jessie and My Whet Stone" was up next to bat, After an interlude of cowbell performed by bassist Eben D'amico. Performing at least one song from every album they were able to please everyone's ear in the audience, young or old.
