ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A band that helped develop and define the emo-punk genre will perform at Allentown's Archer Music Hall, it has been announced.
It will be joined by a band that has a similar standing in the post-hardcore genre.
Saves The Day, whose albums "Stay What You Are" in 2001 and "In Reverie" in 2003 were the prototype for emo-punk, will perform at the venue at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Tickets, at $50.05 for general admission standing and seated rear balcony and $82.60-$117.40 for the balcony nearest the stage, are available on the Archer website and at the box office at 939 Hamilton St., Allentown.www.archermusichall.com
Sharing the bill will be Glassjaw, whose 2002 album "Worship and Tribute" gave mainstream attention to the developing post-hardcore music scene. Rock band Soul Blind will open the show.
Tickets, at $50.05 for general admission standing and seated rear balcony and $82.60-$117.40 for the balcony nearest the stage, are available on the Archer website and at the box office at 939 Hamilton St., Allentown.
Saves the Day
Saves the Day, which formed in Princeton, New Jersey, released its first album, “Can’t Slow Down,” in 1998 when its members were still in high school.
The group had its greatest success with 2001’s “Stay What You Are,” which broke the Top 100 on Billboard's Albums chart and its biggest singles, “At Your Funeral” and “Freakish.”
Both those songs were hits on the MTV2 video channel, and the group performed on late-night TV shows "Conan O'Brien" and "The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn."
The band's overwrought delivery and macabre lyrics helped define the emo genre.
The band's 2003 album "In Reverie" peaked at No. 27 on the overall Albums chart and hit No. 4 on the Independent chart.
But with its 2006 album "Sound the Alarm," Saves the Day adopted a harder-rocking style.
In a 26-year career, the band now has released nine albums of new material and two compilation albums. Its last charting disc was its 2013 self-titled disc, and its latest was 2018's "9."
Only frontman/singer/songwriter Chris Conley remains from the band's most popular lineup.
Glassjaw
Glassjaw released its debut album, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence," in 2000 and had its biggest U.S. success with 2002's "Worship and Tribute," which peaked at No. 82 on Billboard's Albums chart.
Its aggressive and intense music is considered among the influential bands for the early post-hardcore genre, and the success of its first album for the genre reaching the mainstream.
Its most recent album, 2017's "Material Control," hit No. 7 on Billboard's Independent chart.
It has two members remaining from its commercial peak — vocalist/guitarist Daryl Palumbo and bassist/keyboardist Justin Beck.
