Elder and Younger Emos together hand in hand, with bated breath as a distorted, fuzzy synth tone swept over the crowd. Hearing the crowd chant “MCR! MCR! MCR!” From stage left rafters, to stage right rafters almost one side to be challenging the other who had been waiting for this moment longer. Red lights flicker, into the crowd and against a red velvet curtain backstage. Right when you think the current is going to drop, the drive of the synth increases. As if the entire length of the band’s hiatus has been slammed and packed into the 10 mins of punishing electronic bass tone. Then a moment of silence. The hiatus is over. The dead has risen. The melancholy riff of the band’s newest single “FOUNDATIONS OF DECAY” starts and the crowd lets go of everything that’s been weighing them down. You can feel it. The type of joy you feel from pressure finally being relieved. Whether it’s acing an algebra test you’ve been studying for or nailing the interview to your dream job. The two generations all identify the same feeling, together.