![]() I dragged a friend from high school who knew nothing about emo. It was on 4/20, and as someone who didn’t smoke weed, I thought it would be a fun way to spend the holiday. Then they announced a show at a local venue called Revolution Bar. I didn’t do too much digging into them after that. “Defeat The Low” is tame, Jon Simmons’ vocals struck me as distinct and calming, and I adored the way the song turns into a kind of chant only about 30 seconds in. I wasn’t ready for the constant yelling and absolutely relentless anger of their hit “I Tore You Apart In My Head” - it was too much for me. I don’t know why it was that song I found first it’s what someone would call a deep cut. The first song I heard by Balance And Composure was the last on Separation, “Defeat The Low,” probably in the mid-2010s. ![]() I started first with mainstream pop punk bands I won’t name, and then ended up obsessing over Joyce Manor and La Dispute. It would take my depression and anxiety to settle in a couple of years later until I turned to emo for solace. I was 10 and listening to Taylor Swift on Long Island or something. The experience of Separation was not singular in any way it was riding the collective wave of post-hardcore songs reflecting on how much life sucks, essentially.Īnyway, I was not there for that era. ![]() It was unveiled amongst a flood of other similar records: Title Fight’s Shed, La Dispute’s Wildlife, Touche Amore’s Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me. I’m sure everyone was well-acquainted with them there before this first record. If you want to get even more specific, they’re from the same town - Doylestown - as the ever-elusive, cult-followed Superheaven. It was their debut, but they were in an emo hotspot in Pennsylvania alongside Tigers Jaw (who they released a split with a year earlier), Title Fight, and The Menzingers. Andrew recently reminisced about their golden era - ten years ago, when Separation, which some consider their magnum opus, came out on No Sleep Records. When it comes to Balance And Composure, I was late. They closed out the set with the fast-paced “I Tore You Apart In My Head,” eliciting a wave of crowd surfers.There’s a time and place for every scene and genre, but especially for emo. ![]() ![]() The band played a few older songs like “When I Come Undone,” “Tiny Raindrop,” “Notice Me,” and “Reflection,” off of 2013’s The Things We Think We’re Missing and a few more off of 2011’s Separation. Following “ Midnight Zone” was “Spinning,” another song off of Light We Made. The rest of the show consisted of 15 songs, all of which sounded great live, but felt much too short. Opening up the tour were Queen of Jeans and From Indian Lakes, the latter of whom saw the room fill up nearly to capacity.īy the time headliner Balance and Composure took the stage and opened with “ Midnight Zone,” more people had flooded into the room and most people were visibly enjoying the new sound from this record. Balance & Composure and From Indian Lakesīottom Lounge // Chicago, IL // May 1, 2017īack from a short hiatus from making music and touring, Balance and Composure set out on a tour in support of their latest release, Light We Made. ![]()
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