Playing its 2012 album in its entirety, the night was more than an exercise in nostalgia
There's something about punk, like the type The Menzingers played Wednesday night in Cleveland, that allows it to weather nostalgia better than other forms of rock music.
Or maybe I’m overgeneralizing. Maybe the Scranton/Philadelphia quartet is just a solid band with songs that still feel fresh and haven’t reached enough ears. It’s not that the band’s gig at the House of Blues was empty; it’s that The Menzingers deserve to play to larger crowds. The group’s energy never flagged as a diehard crowd that appeared to have aged with the band shouted along. The audience’s makeup even gave the chorus of “Tellin’ Lies” and its exclamation of “Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?” that much more potency.
It’s just a shame that the band can’t fill a place larger than the House of Blues in Cleveland, but it’s not for lack of trying. The band has put in its time and then some. The quartet of road dogs has been in the city three times in the past year, including a performance of the same album at a Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival stop at Jacobs Pavilion in July.
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