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Melodic hardcore act Being As An Ocean, who released their fourth album, Waiting for Morning to Come, on June 19, 2017 via Equal Vision, performed at the CenturyLink Field in Seattle in support of the Vans Warped Tour.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2016 - Another quick gig for Aesthetic Magazine, marking some high-school nostalgia after hearing Silverstein and Emarosa years later and Being As An Ocean for the fourth time now. Here's the quick desc. from Aesthetic's site:
"Burlington-based post-hardcore band Silverstein, who released their eighth album, I Am Alive In Everything I Touch, on May 15th, 2015 via Rise Records/New Damage Records, which features the single “A Midwestern State of Emergency”, performed at the Imperial in Vancouver last night with melodic hardcore band Being As An Ocean, who released their new self-titled album on June 30th, 2015 via InVogue Records, Kentucky-based post-hardcore band Emarosa, who released their third album, Versus, on September 9th, 2014 via Rise, and more."
First up were post-hardcore act, Rarity, hailing from Hamilton, Ontario:
Next up were Vancouver's own punk-rockers, Youth Decay:
Third on the roster were Emarosa, a post-hardcore act from Lexington, Kentucky.
Next up was Being As An Ocean, a melodic hardcore band from Alpine, California. I've covered them twice before - once with Comeback Kid and again at Warped Tour. I can't state how crazy Joel Quartuccio is, pretty much always singing/screaming while moshing in the crowd. A must-see for sure.
And of course, the headliners Silverstein - the post-hardcore act from Burlington, Ontario touring and promoting their latest album, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch, released May of last year.
Setlists
Rarity
Youth Decay
Emarosa
Being As An Ocean
Silverstein
Welcome back, everyone! For those who missed the first part of this blog, you can find it here.
Picking up where we left off, Attila came on next. They are probably the most controversial in the metalcore scene right now, either you love them and their DGAF attitude, or you absolutely despite them and hate everything they stand for. Regardless of where you stand, their stage presence and setup is a spectacle in itself (hell, it included beer pong). Fronz, may have missed a few notes here and there but the crowd sang at the top of their lungs, never missing a lyric, which is pretty admirable. The performances for all the songs off of About That Life were probably their strongest. (E.g. see the fan picture of Middle Fingers Up below!)
The 7th band for the day was Canada's own Silverstein, a post-hardcore act from Burlington, Ontario. Although I'm not too familiar with them, their fan-base has been known as loyal, contributing to their excess of a million records sold worldwide. The performance was solid but not the best I had seen for the day (wait for Blessthefall...).
Holy fucking shit. Those are all the words I have for Beau Bokan of Blessthefall. They easily stole the show for me out of the 20 bands that I had run into for the day. One second he's here, the next he's jumping off stuff, and then he's jumped into the crowd. Oh, and the rest of the band was on point too! Moreover, the setlist was pretty neat, incorporating both old and new tunes. They even brought out Craig Mabbitt, the former lead vocalist (he's not in Escape the Fate) for a performance of Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad, a song off their first record!
After the awesomeness that was BTF, we had a quick break and I caught up with my friend, Jessica Dawn, who mind you also models. We ended up catching Our Last Night while waiting for our next big band. OTL is a post-hardcore act forming in 2004, with their newer releases becoming more melodic and containing less of a focus on unclean vocals. The show was mediocre in the grand scheme of things, and felt a bit generic for me.
The last band for this post goes to Being As An Ocean, a fairly new act forming in 2011 specializing in melodic hardcore. Their sound is extremely unique, jumping from spoken-word, poetic verses and then into unclean choruses. The fusion and lyricism is profound, and in-fact, quite beautiful. Joel Quartuccio absolutely nails what they were set out to do and their live performance is an excellent rendition of their studio recordings.
Setlists
Attila
Silverstein
Blessthefall
Our Last Night
Being As An Ocean
