He had huge balloons in the crowd and an elementary school style parachute pumping up and down over the crowd for when he came down from the stage to sing with the masses. She was flawless and just beautiful.Īs for Andy, as a longtime fan he never disappoints.
Haerts is on super early on Friday and, I may regret this later (because I want to be front and center!) but you needto make them a priority. I saw the show at Solana Beach tonight with the intention of being more excited for Haerts, as I had never seen them and have been listening to & loving them since before the 2015 lineup was even announced. Of course a few years later after an amazing Something Corporate reunion at Bamboozle (which I of course attended with the afore mentioned bestie) Andrew's career kind of took a surprising turn. I was in high school when me and my best friend saw Something Corporate perform on the side stage for a Blink-182 show (when I was 15 or 16, you do the math :|) We ended up crazy obsessed with them for the duration of their existence as a band. Andrew McMahon has an amazing gift and he will not disappoint.įirst of all, I have been an Andrew McMahon fan for literally half of my life. There is no way to accomplish that with any other band you might see. This has the unique advantage of getting to see three amazing bands at once. He plays a variety of songs from Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin with a sprinkling of new work written with Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. My favorite aspect of seeing Andrew McMahon now is that he does not ignore the path we took as fans to love him. "Cecilia and the Satellite" is written to his newborn daughter, a song of love, hope, and a wonderful future. The backdrop that this gives his new work is empowering. I believe that this is Andrew admitting that the past was hard, but it has been survived. Many of his old songs have been slightly edited by the artist to truly drive home the emotion of the time that they were written. His past has been a rocky one, and we as listeners and fans are lucky to still have him. I would say that the new songs are a realization. The new music will impress you, there is no other way to say it. McMahon has been experimenting with his band again, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, and the result is strong piano chords that are backed up with a sound that cannot be denied. However, that difference was just the beginning.
The shift from delightful piano pop punk in Something Corporate to a more piano laden Jack's Mannequin was enough to prepare you for the idea that Andrew is very versatile. I cannot stress enough that I am not exaggerating.Īndrew McMahon has grown up significantly through the various events in his life and his music has changed with him. I have loved his work since the days of Something Corporate in the early 2000's and the new songs that we were treated with were some of the best music I have ever heard in my life. For that, Andrew McMahon comes highly recommended.Īndrew McMahon is one of the most humble artists, always surprised by how much he is loved, but even he cannot deny how wonderfully his music is progressing. It’s a testament to their belief in him, and his skill as a musician and songwriter, that he continues to be as respected and loved as he’s always been. Able to maintain his rabid fan-base no matter what form his music comes in, and we all know how fickle fan-bases can be.
The self-titled record was released two months later, and ever since then McMahon has continued to be one of the most vital songwriters of his generation. This all changed come 2014 however, when in July he announced that his debut solo album would be released under the name Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness. However, more of 2013 was spent writing songs for NBC’s hit Broadway musical drama Smash than anything else. McMahon’s debut solo release came at the end of April the following year, when his debut E.P “The Pop Underground” was released. and then heading off on his own headlining dates around the country. It also announced his first solo live dates, first supporting Fun. However, since the previous month people who had tried to access the Jack’s Mannequin website were redirected to a new website, confirming that McMahon was still going to be releasing music, it was just going to be under his own name in the future. So, what exactly do you do after you’ve fronted two of the most revered and respected cult acts of your generation? That’s the question that Andrew McMahon found himself asking at the end of 2012, when his previous solo project Jack’s Mannequin were in the process of splitting up, and had played their final shows as a band over two nights at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre in November 2012.
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