Post-hardcore band A Static Lullaby out of Southern California had formed back in 2001. Since then they have gone on to play various shows, toured, released four full-length album, dealt with line-up changes, and even a break up in 2012. Only a few years would pass with the band announcing their reunion in 2015, going on to play for the first time in four years, back in 2016 with an array of California only showcases. After this had happened a minor hiatus would take place yet again, with the band bringing yet another reunion to happen for 2024; with another reunion to follow this in 2025 with a one off sold out show happening in Orange County.
This one off show would happen in the early New Year of 2025, right before Valentine’s weekend on Saturday February 8th 2025 at The Observatory. Opening the show would be acts Taken, A Thorn For Every Heart, also making a reunion, and The Juliana Theory. Starting off the show would be hardcore punks Taken, whose story time of explaining to the crowd, they had opened for A Static Lullaby way back when. They got the crowd hyped up, with energy, that everyone in the slowly packed venue would scream, shout, and be entertained even with most of them needing a babysitter for the evening. Which had a majority of the band asking this very question for a remainder of the night.
TAKEN:
Following them would be A Thorn For Every Heart, having gotten their start in 2003, around the same time frame as the rest of these bands all playing this evening. With this, the band would also have a series of reunion shows over the years, after their break up in 2009. But after years of bringing the band back together, and even releasing some new music later on, they would announce this reunion showcase, where the original members would come back together, playing off a variety of their releases, that the crowd really enjoyed. The energy was jumping with a majority of the audience jumping up and down, with others banging their head to the music. Their music was catchy, and upbeat, bringing a heaviness with a light tone, that kept such energy alive but vivid.
A THORN FOR EVERY HEART:
The Juliana Theory would be next up, bringing a more mellow alternative, rock energy to their set, their angst being emo, yet heavy with more energy provided within their set. The main man vocalist and guitarist Brett would give it his all, singing and playing the guitar on and off during the band’s set. With the rest of the band delivering just as much energy as everyone else, again they weren’t heavy in a metal sense, but still heavy that they made you second guess the delivery. In short a very entertaining set throughout with meaning and heart.
THE JULIANA THEORY:
Headliner’s of the night would be A Static Lullaby and they would go on to play for a good hour and 30 minutes, play an array of tracks off their four albums, including a cover song by pop artist Britney Spears called “Toxic”. Other such songs like “Stand Up”, “The Shooting Star That Destroyed Us”, “Hang Em’ High”, “The Art of Sharing Lovers”, and “Lipgloss and Letdown”, were some of the tracks played that set the whole place off! The whole crowd gave off that old 2000’s aggression that kept that era alive, even with everyone there being roughly in their mid-30s’. It felt as it we were in a time machine re-living the glory days of our youth. Loads of crowd surfers were thrown atop one another making their way to the stage, with others trying to stage dive, some being a miss landing on the floor. All the rest hardcore danced in the pit, with everyone else pushing and shoving one another left and right. It was so much fun and packed in that is what made this night unforgettable.
A STATIC LULLABY:
All in all, this series of reunions happening tonight, made this night just so downright fun! A Static Lullaby brought it back to life, making their sound, sound the same even with them being a little older, with all the other bands following suite, making all of us there pleased as fruit punch out of the 90’s to 00’s.
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