Better Lovers v. Plea is absolutely brutal. Relient, Piebald, NJ, Anberlin, Hatebreed, and Braid overlap sucks too. HTD v. AFS also isn’t ideal, but that’s an easy choice to make
What else is better lovers gonna play over a 45 min set when the ep is only 15 min? Do they have other unreleased stuff done already?
Friday: 12:00 - 12:25 - Slow Pulse 12:40 - 1:10 - No Cure* 1:25 - 1:55 - Orthodox* 2:00 - 2:35 - The Undertaking 2:35 - 2:50 - Alcoa 2:50 - 3:30 - Showbread 3:45 - 4:25 - Project 86 4:45 - 5:25 - Walls of Jericho* 5:45 - 6:35 - Throwdown* 6:35 - 7:05 - Hopesfall 7:05 - 7:40 - Relient K 7:40 - 8:25 - Norma Jean 8:25 - 9:20 - Anberlin (9:20 - 9:35 - Braid OR 9:20 - 9:40 - Hatebreed) 9:45 - 10:55- MxPx Saturday: 12:00 - 12:25 - Foreign Hands* 12:40 - 1:10 - Mindforce* 1:25 - 1:55 - Zulu* 2:00 - 2:35 - Becoming The Archetype (2:35 - 2:45 - Drain*) 2:50 - 3:30 - High Vis 3:55 - 4:30 - MSPaint* 4:45 - 5:20 - Militarie Gun 5:35 - 5:50 - Scowl* 5:50 - 6:45 - Saosin (6:50 - 7:05 - Terror) 7:05 - 8:00 - Thursday 8:00 - 8:35 - Youth of Today* 8:35 - 9:20 - Head Automatica* 9:20 - 9:40 - Gorilla Biscuits* 9:45 - 10:55 - Turnstile Sunday: 12:00 - 12:25 - The Callous Daoboys* 1:25 - 1:55 - Koyo* 2:15 - 2:50 - Valleyheart (2:50 - 3:00 - Defeater) 3:00 - 3:35 - Chasing Victory (3:35 - 3:40 - Trenches) 3:45 - 4:25 - Casey 4:45 - 5:30 - Better Lovers 5:35 - 6:15 - As Cities Burn 6:15 - 6:45 - Between the Buried and Me 6:45 - 7:20 - Further Seems Forever (7:20 - 7:40 - Bouncing Souls) 7:40 - 8:25 - Mae 8:40 - 9:40 - Haste the Day Can't get to Armor For Sleep at all sucks, but I'm not missing Haste the Day. * denotes probably checking this one out of that current crop, but not committed.
Still working on convincing my wife to go Friday only (aka finding a babysitter) but we would be 12:10-12:35 Whitsett 12:50-1:15 Made Aware 2:50-3:30 Showbread 3:55-4:30 Kid Liberty 4:45-5:25 Knuckle Puck 5:35-6:15 No Trigger 7:05-8:00 Relient K 8:00-8:25 Norma Jean 8:25-9:20 Anberlin 9:45-10:55 MxPx
Still figuring out the other days but for Friday: Friday: 1. 12:00 - 2:00 Get used to the festival grounds, figure out merch, try and find the vinyl codes if there are any I want, and then check out whatever band I feel draws me in. Any suggestions on any of those early bands? 2. The Undertaking! 3. Vein.fm 4. With Honor 5. Open Hand or Walls of Jericho (leaning Open Hand) 6. Throwdown 7. Hopesfall 8. Norma Jean 9. Braid 10. Probably dick around or go to bed early instead of MxPx
Slow Pulse is sort of a drone-y, heavy atmospheric female-fronted band. Really loved their last album. As for figuring out the layout and such, you can get between all three stages within less than a minute. Merch is right in the middle under the bridge. It really is pretty compact and lovely.
Question, is the Plug Your Holes stage hard to get into ever, specifically the pit during the later bands?
Yes and no. If you’re there as the band prior to the one you want to see ends, there’s usually enough turnover and movement you can get in and get close. If the band you want to see is already playing, you may not even make it to the sound booth.
Okay, relistened to every band last night, and here's my schedule: 125-155 Orthodox 215-250 Alcoa 3-335 Vein.fm 445-525 Walls of Jericho 535-615 No Trigger (first half) 545-645 Throwdown 705-8 Relient K 740-825 Norma Jean (second half) 845-940 Hatebreed 955-11 Mxpx 1240-110 Mindforce 125-155 Zulu 210-245 Drain 3-335 Living Sacrifice 345-425 Sparta (maybe? Probably will eat and listen) 445-520 Militarie Gun 550-645 Saosin 650-730 Terror 705-8 Thursday (second half) 750-835 Youth of Today 845-935 Trash Talk 955-11 Turnstile 12-1225 The Callous Daoboys 1240-110 Inclination 125-155 Koyo 250-330 Defeater 350-430 It Dies Today 445-530 Better Lovers 540-620 Strife 550-645 Between the Buried & Me (second half) 705-8 Bouncing Souls 820-920 Pennywise (first half) 845-935 Armor for Sleep 940-11 Bane
If I were going: Friday: Vein.FM, Kid Liberty/With Honor, Open Hand, No Trigger, 90 Pound Wuss, Piebald, Braid, and MxPx Saturday: Mindforce, Zulu, Drain, High Vis, MSPaint, Militarie Gun, Scowl, Thursday, end of Will Haven, Head Automatica, Gorilla Biscuits, Turnstile Sunday: The Callous Daoboys, Taking Meds, Silly Goose/Koyo, Defeater, the Insyderz, Better Lovers, Strife, first half of Further Seems Forever, the Bouncing Souls, Pennywise, Bane TBH, this all just really makes me wish I was going. Haha. Minimal conflicts and a lot of bands I've been listening to a lot lately.
Vs trenches too. Absolute insanity That 4 peat of as cities burn, further, Mae, and armor for sleep is fire though
It’s in the vinyl thread but the tooth and nail exclusives are Showbread “Age of Reptiles” Songs from the Penalty Box Vol. 1 Stavescare’s first album Also heard rumors of FSF and Hopesfall represses and HTD Stephen years
Thanks. Unoriginal vinyl just posted a blurry image of the remaining 9 on facebook and the two I think I could make out (I may be wrong) are Hopesfall - Satellite Years and Haste the Day - Pressure the Hinges.
Top left is 100% Further Seems Forever - How to Start a Fire. Very center is 100% Pressure the Hinges - Haste the Day. Right center is 85% Haste the Day Attack of the Wolf King. Bottom left is like 80% Hopesfall - Satellite Years.