The Story So Far Zydeco Birmingham, AL 11/13/13

The Story So Far is finally coming to Birmingham. OH. MY. GOD. *cue my tears*. Although I have not listened to them as long as others, I was still excited to see them because I missed them at Warped Tour.

The first band was Souvenirs. Honestly, I remember nothing about them and I had never heard of them before I got there. Oops!

Rotting Out followed them. I do not remember much about their music because I was focused more on what the singer was saying. At one point, he was talking about how we as an audience, needed to be nice to the security guards. At the end of their set, a security guard removed a guy from the stage and the singer and (I think) the guitar player went off and hit the security guard with a guitar and it caused him to bleed. So at this point, everyone in the crowd is freaking out because we do not know what just happened. Security was on point all night... until the very last song of the night. (That story comes later)

Such Gold was a band I had heard so much about, but never listened to. I really really liked them. Once again, I do not know any songs that they played but their sound was something that I could really enjoy. They were the band that stuck out the most out of all the bands that played.

Stick To Your Guns was good. They were a lot different than I remembered them being at Warped, but whatever! They played

Where The Sun Never Sleeps

Against Them All

Such Pain

Bringing You Down

Empty Heads

Diamond

We Still Believe

The Bond

D(I AM)ond

What Goes Around

Amber

When it was finally time for The Story So Far, the room had been filled with so many angst-y teenagers. When they finally walked on stage, the room was filled with pushing, shoving, screaming, crying, and, most importantly, purpose. Every kid in the room had the biggest grin on their faces because the band that walked on stage held the answers to everything that bothered them or upset them. This feeling would last through the entire set, the feeling of purpose. They played

Right Here

States and Minds

Roam

Daughters

Stifled

Things I Can't Change

Four Years

680 South

Closure

The Glass

All Wrong

Bad Luck

Empty Space

Quicksand

(Encore)

High Regard (Read description below)

Like I said earlier, the energy in the room was perfect. Everyone in the room was there for the same reason. During the last song, High Regard, the crowd went insane and we all stormed the stage. Security did not even try and stop us. It was one of those things that will never happen again and all I can do is hope that I can find the photographer that was taking pictures on the side because every person on the stage was screaming their hearts out with Parker. It was one of the most meaningful concert experiences I have been a part of. I had never experienced anything quite like that before. When I was walking back to my car, I heard someone call their parent and start crying because they got to sing a song with their favorite band. Also on the way out, I saw the band from afar and they all thanked us for coming out and told us to be safe going home. This band is one of those bands that came into my life at just the right moment and this show happened at the perfect time, when I needed it most.