Concert Review: Saosin

Saosin, with Armor for Sleep, Fear Before the March of Flames and Meriwether

Saturday, February 9

The Granada

By CALEB GOELLNER

The kids born around 1990 are starting to hit the age when they can vote, smoke and gamble, and their newly minted right to be nostalgic was apparent at Saturday night’s Saosin show. Rock and roll has changed some, but despite a young audience glowing of PDAs, some of the attitude and fashion present at the show evoked memories of a decade too cool for the Soviet Union.

Walking into The Granada a few minutes before the show began, I took note of several blasts from the past. Among the resurrected fashion trends were gold-foil print on neon-colored band merchandise and more than one adolescent sporting flannel. This kind of obnoxious-meets-sensible parade of colors and fabrics mirrored the kind of show that would unfold as the night progressed.