The Academy Is... at the Wiltern, L.A.!!!
It was loud, amazing, and absolutely delicious!
It's safe to say that I will faithfully keep going to TAI's concerts!
Ahhhhh~ what a first concert ever! (Still partially deaf.)
Danny and I got there just in time before 7 pm to get really good seats upstairs while Sherwood was playing.
They had a similar sound and were really good... the guy on keyboard was sooo funny.
Up next was the Rocket Summer and the vocalist was extremely talented, hopping from one instrument to the next.
Armor for Sleep played after them and they sorta reminded me of Coheed & Cambria.
And then finally they let the curtains fall to set up for TAI and the anticipation was killer.
They came out and played 18 songs straight!
Omg they're crazy amazing to have that sort of stamina!
William's voice was awesome all the way through... everyone's so much better live, it's incredible!
He even jumped into the crowd twice during "Checkmarks" and at the end of the concert, band members threw out guitar picks and drumsticks.
And the lights!!! It illuminated the stage... and drums! Prettiest drum set ever.
(Sorry, this is my first concert ever so everything was wayyyy awesome.)
The songs they played at the concert for my own memory:
1) Attention
2) Slow Down*
3) The Phrase That Pays*
4) Black Mamba
5) Skeptics and True Believers
6) Classifieds
7) Checkmarks
8) Down and Out
9) Almost Here (last song played) <1st album; 9/10 played>
10) Same Blood (first song played)
11) LAX to O'Hare*
12) We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands*
13) Lifetime (Sleeping w/ Giants)
14) Everything We Had*
15) Neighbors*
16) Bulls in Brooklyn
17) Seed <2nd album; 8/11 played)>
18) 40 Steps (bonus track)
*crowd went nuts at these songs
Now for some misc. photos...
Concert merch... I didn't like the shirts, boo. -.-
Stage for the tour.
So pretty...
Just my favorite group photo.<3
... I wonder how long it'll take for me to get my hearing back. Oh well, well worth it! ^_____^