{"id":52357,"date":"2023-09-28T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=52357"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:13:54","slug":"punk-pop-stalwarts-senses-fail-brought-their-15th-anniversary-tour-for-life-is-not-a-waiting-room-to-the-house-of-blues-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=52357","title":{"rendered":"Punk-pop Stalwarts Senses Fail Brought Their 15th Anniversary Tour For Life Is Not A Waiting Room To The House Of Blues Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher David<\/p>\n

Punk-pop stalwarts Senses Fail brought their 15th anniversary tour for Life is Not a Waiting Room<\/em> to the House of Blues this week to an absolutely rabid crowd that was more than ready to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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The somewhat recent trend of full-album anniversary tours might feel disingenuous in the wrong hands\u2014certainly for some bands, it\u2019s a cash grab\u2014but a band like Senses Fail seems to only benefit from revisiting past records in their entirety, given how thoughtfully composed each record has been, thanks to Nielsen\u2019s well-documented study of his own past and life experiences.\u00a0 Frequently talkative and open to discussing the heavy topics behind the band\u2019s songs, Nielsen was in fine form on Saturday, introducing single \u201cFamily Tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou never know if this is the last one,\u201d singer Buddy Nielsen joked at one point to scattered cries and boos.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re all gonna die, which is what makes this such a beautiful thing, all of us here together.\u201d To a Senses outsider, this might have seemed like a strange monologue, but to those who know the band\u2019s dark sense of humor and perspective on mortality that permeates many of the band\u2019s lyrics, it was par for the course and indeed a cause to revel. Tearing through the twelve songs that comprise Waiting Room<\/em> in what seemed like a flash, Nielsen and Co. (Guitarists Gavin Caswell and Jason Milbank, tourist bassist Daniel Wonacott, and drummer Steve Carey) paused to introduce just a couple of moments through an album that at times felt conceptual, most notably before \u201cMap the Streets\u201d and \u201cBlackout,\u201d before kicking off a six-song encore of hits, every one of which became a venue-wide singalong, like the radio-thrasher \u201cCalling All Cars\u201d and savage set closer \u201cBite to Break Skin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more on Senses Fail, click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Senses Fail – House of Blues, Chicago, IL, 9\/23\/23 (setlist)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fireworks at Dawn<\/p>\n

Lungs Like Gallows<\/p>\n

Garden State<\/p>\n

Family Tradition<\/p>\n

Wolves at the Door<\/p>\n

Hair of the Dog<\/p>\n

Four Years<\/p>\n

Ali for Cody<\/p>\n

Yellow Angels<\/p>\n

Chandelier<\/p>\n

Map the Streets<\/p>\n

Blackout<\/p>\n

Rum is for Drinking, Not for Burning<\/p>\n

Calling All Cars<\/p>\n

End of the World\/A Game of Chess<\/p>\n

Buried A Lie<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t Be Saved<\/p>\n

Bite to Break Skin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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