Our Last Night at The Blender Theatre

October 26– Hardcore quintet Our Last Night recently opened for Attack Attack! on the Shred Til You’re Dead Tour, which stopped at The Blender Theatre at Gramercy. The band put on a decent performance, but were sadly outshone by other bands on the setlist.

Our Last Night’s set was heavily influenced by their first major release, The Ghosts Among Us. Playing great songs, like Symptoms Of A Failing System and single Escape, the band performed fairly well, yet they did not have as much of a stage presence that I thought they would have. The band seemed to lack energy and charisma on stage, which was a disappointment.

Vocalist Trevor Wentworth did a tremendous job with his deathly growls and screams, especially when considering he is not even 18. Wentworth’s brother, Matt, provided clean vocals that broke up the harsh growls while still being extremely melodic and talented in itself.

With a tour like The Shred Til You’re Dead Tour, many bands from the same genre, or even the same label tour together– because of this, many of the bands seem to blend in with each other, unless they offer something to break up the monotony. Unfortunately, Our Last Night seemed to “blend in” with the crowd. They did not play a bad set in any way, yet they did not seem to offer anything that would allow them to have the best set of the night.

If Our Last Night did something to set themselves apart from the rest of the bands on the set, I would give them a high recommendation, as they are talented in what they do; however, their talent was overshadowed by the other bands of the set.