{"id":24562,"date":"2018-02-26T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:19:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:19:46","slug":"pop-punk-trio-new-politics-brought-relentlessly-energetic-set-metro-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=24562","title":{"rendered":"Pop-Punk Trio New Politics Brought A Relentlessly Energetic Set To The Metro Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher David<\/span><\/p>\n

Pop-punk trio New Politics brought a relentlessly energetic set to the Metro on Sunday in support of their most recent album, <\/span>Lost in Translation.<\/span><\/p>\n

A trio that sports two frontmen, in essence, is a bit of a rarity, but lead singer David Boyd<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s continuous exchange with guitarist Soren Hansen couldn<\/span>\u2019<\/span>t help but bring a smile to the all-ages crowd, who devoured every word of nearly every song. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New Politics<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>blender of alternative punk, electro-pop, and at times, some hip hop elements worked particularly well on new tracks like <\/span>\u201c<\/span>CIA<\/span>\u201d <\/span>and <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Color Green,<\/span>\u201d <\/span>and returns to earlier singles like <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Tonight You<\/span>\u2019<\/span>re Perfect<\/span>\u201d <\/span>and <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Berlin<\/span>\u201d <\/span>(which features one of the band<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s most show-stopping choruses) were carefully integrated throughout a well-balanced set of old and new. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Newly engaged drummer Louis Vecchio got a warm shoutout from family before the band launched into a rousing version of <\/span>\u201c<\/span>We Are the Radio,<\/span>\u201d <\/span>a callback to 2010<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s self-titled debut album, and Boyd<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s endlessly energy as he bounded from one end of the stage to the other during singalongs like <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Girl Crush<\/span>\u201d <\/span>was infectiously fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Opening act Dreamers offered some surprisingly rich complexity to the songs from their debut record <\/span>This Album Does Not Exist,<\/span> and single <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Sweet Disaster<\/span>\u201d <\/span>came across like Crowded House filtered through Imagine Dragons, and a straightforward cover of The Cranberries<\/span>\u2019 \u201c<\/span>Zombie<\/span>\u201d <\/span>felt hauntingly at home with their brand of electro-tinged alt-pop.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more on New Politics, click here<\/p>\n

For photos from the show at Metro, click here<\/p>\n

Setlist: New Politics live in Chicago at Metro February 17, 2018<\/p>\n

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  1. Istanbul<\/li>\n
  2. Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)<\/li>\n
  3. Love Is A Drug<\/li>\n
  4. 15 Dreams<\/li>\n
  5. Girl Crush<\/li>\n
  6. Lifeboat<\/li>\n
  7. Color Green<\/li>\n
  8. 50 Feet Tall<\/li>\n
  9. Die For You<\/li>\n
  10. Tonight You’re Perfect<\/li>\n
  11. CIA<\/li>\n
  12. Madeleine<\/li>\n
  13. Stardust<\/li>\n
  14. Berlin<\/li>\n
  15. West End Kids<\/li>\n
  16. One Of Us<\/li>\n
  17. Harlem<\/li>\n
  18. (encore)<\/li>\n
  19. Lifted<\/li>\n
  20. Pretend We’re In A Movie<\/li>\n
  21. Yeah Yeah Yeah<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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