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New Jersey’s Saves the Day was a benchmark of late-’90s, mall-friendly pop-punk emo. Frontman Chris Conley sang the same kinda songs about girls with the same eunuch-nasal vocals as all the band’s nationwide suburban peers. But he also slipped in an extra little darkness. His take on teenage white male ennui (see also: sexual frustration) left a vinegar aftertaste despite ostensibly sweet ingredients.
As always, those boys started getting a little fuzz on their upper lip. And, honestly, they fell off our radar, because the announcement that they’ll be performing this November alongside Jersey pop-punk peers Bayside was a surprise — local stop is at Revolution. Saves the Day is not only still a band but it also has a new full-length, titled Daybreak, coming out this fall.
So Saves the Day is on its way. But, like we were saying, you better not expect some sweet little emo boys. What if we’ve got on our hands here is bona fide poop-in-the-diaper emo men. What follows is the band’s evolution over the years.
When we first met Saves the Day, its members were plucky suburbanites whose visor-wearing demographic smiled while singing along to songs about being allergic to their own virginity. Check out vocalist Chris Conley’s supercrucial, spunky, young-at-heart mic twirl. These boys were born to whine, but get ’em a pair of hooters to honk in the back of their Dad’s car and they’ll be shouting carpe diem!
In 2001, they made the jump to Vagrant and were ushered into melancholy young adulthood, perfectly exhibited in their emo-ly existential video for “At Your Funeral.” Check out vocalist Chris Conley’s supercrucial jaw.
Right before we lost track of it, Saves the Day had morphed into a horrific parody of itself that was long overdue for merciful euthanization. Check out vocalist Chris Conley’s bright-pink ‘do for a perfect example of how NOT to age gracefully in emo.
SAVES THE DAY/BAYSIDE US FALL TOUR DATES
OCTOBER CITY VENUE
Thu 6 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Fri 7 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Sat 8 Boston, MA Royale
Sun 9 Boston, MA Royale
Tue 11 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Wed 12 Detroit, MI Majestic
Thu 13 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 14 Milwaukee, WI Rave
Sat 15 Sauget IL Pop’s
Sun 16 Lincoln NE Bourbon Theatre
Tue 18 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
Wed 19 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
Fri 21 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Sat 22 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
Sun 23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Tue 25 Pomona,CA Glass House
Wed 26 W Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
Thu 27 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
Fri 28 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
Sat 29 Tucson, AZ The Rock
Sun 30 Albuquerque NM Sunshine Theater
NOVEMBER
Tue 1 Dallas, TX Trees
Wed 2 Austin, TX Emo’s
Thu 3 Houston, TX Warehouse Studio
Fri 4 Pensacola FL Vinyl Music Hall
Sat 5 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Sun 6 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
Tue 8 Ft Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Wed 9 St Petersburg, FL State Theatre
Thu 10 Charleston,SC Music Farm
Fri 11 Carrboro NC Cat’s Cradle
Sat 12 Norfolk VA Norva
Sun 13 Towson, MD Recher
Saves the Day, with Bayside. Tuesday, November 8, at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Visit jointherevolution.net.
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