Into It. Over It.

The last time I saw Evan Thomas Weiss perform as Into It. Over It. was when he opened for Andrew Jackson Jihad and Frank Turner in 2011. He didn’t have a band that time around, but his acoustic set showed promise. He was arguably more Chris Carrabba than Gordon Gano that night, which made him an odd choice for a line-up that leaned heavily on folk punk, but I did enjoy his set. The Into It. Over It. that headlined last night was a completely different act. Backed by a full band, and riding high on the success of Standards, Weiss took the stage with an exuberance that made him almost unrecognizable. “We’ve played here before, but this is the biggest headlining show we’ve ever done in this city!” It would have been wrong for him to take credit for selling 200 more tickets than the last time around, especially considering the thinning of the herd that occurred after TWIABP wrapped up, but you couldn’t help but feed off his positive energy. The fact that he kept giving props to the opening bands helped as well. “Who has been here since the beginning of the show? So I don’t have to tell you how good Pinegrove were?” He then went on to call The Sidekicks the greatest American band since Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Every act that came before him had a song dedicated to them by the time his hour long set came to a close. - See more at: http://ilistensoyoudonthaveto.com/2016/03/26/into-it-over-it-twiabp-pinegrove-marquis-theatre-03-25-16/#sthash.Ozs5RvUf.dpuf