“So sick, so sick of being tired and oh so tired of being sick” – that’s the soundtrack of my early twenties angst. It has been more than 10 years since Taking Back Sunday released their debut Tell all your friends but some songs just never get old.
Taking Back Sunday are a band who truly need no introduction. Since forming in Long Island in 1999, the group have sold millions of albums, evolved from a scrappy punk act into seasoned songwriters and continued to forge a successful career. That spirit of resilience and innovation is dripping all over the band’s sixth full-length Happiness Is. As you can guess from the title the album addresses some heady concepts, but it simultaneously showcases a new musical and conceptual leap for this band of mainstream misfits that’s certain to endear them to fans both new and old.
After completing a run of festival appearances this summer, Taking Back Sunday are back in Berlin for a headline show at SO36.
Support comes from British five piece Marmozets whose debut album is yet to be released. With all band members just barely over 18 years old, Marmozets sound like a heavier version of Paramore, check them out below.
