Alexis the Second

Johnny Truant crashed through what sounded to me like a very similar set to the show at Guelph the week previous. Even with some familiarity to their material I'm still not totally won over, but that is probably just because I'm no longer into the metal-scream scene much at all these days. Instead of getting the guys to turn to their female friends this time and tell them what relations would inevitably be happening between them sometime over the next four years of university he reversed the gender roles at this show. Otherwise it was another solid set that probably won over a number of fans.

Alexis came out to a raucous crowd - especially considering the small size of the venue, or perhaps that added to it by reverberating the energy off of the low ceiling and close walls back at the crowd and the band. George said that it was the best show they'd played all tour (and it was the final night of the tour!) and he probably wasn't just playing to the crowd. The bodysurfing left a bunch of people on stage since there was practically no gap and this allowed George to not only take a guy's bandanna before tossing him onto the sea of hands, but also to pick a girl right up and chuck her at the low over hanging ceiling. It was a scary sight and you could see the shock on Dallas' face when it happened. After the song Dallas joked that she was dead until her friends and her made it clear that she'd survived the crash. George promised her anything from the merch table if she decided not to sue them. It was a funny scene.
We'd heard beforehand that soundcheck had been cut short since Dallas' voice had been paining him and it was apparent in a few of the songs as he refused to hit the higher notes, and sometimes trailed off to allow the crowd to fill in the words. It was a valiant effort though and during the closer, again Happiness by the Kilowatt, he carried on (and also dropped the Constantines lyrics - mustn't have just been a Guelph shout out).
Though the setlist was mostly (if not entirely) the same, the order had been changed up except for the show closer, and the encore. Accidents this time was a family affair as all of Johnny Truant could be seen onstage, and offstage, on top of the crowd, as there was quite a bit of stagediving. In fact Kenny from Moneen again was invited onstage, this time for the encore, and ended up surfing while singing, and nearly pulling some raised scaffolding off of the roof and down onto the crowd. As an observer from the back it was a tense moment though I imagine Kenny, the band and the mosh pit were oblivious to the near destruction. It was a fitting ending to what appeared to be a rocking tour from the two shows I'd taken in.