2004 came calling this Wednesday at Myth Live out in Maplewood, Minnesota as Underoath brought their You’re Only Chasing Safety tour through the memorable old theater and relived the glory days of formative post-hardcore. Joined by some powerful opening acts, Spencer Chamberlain and co. gave the fans everything they were expecting - and more, with some stellar fan picks to close out the night.

Minnesota native POS opened for the night, his long tenure with Underoath to be explained later on in the evening - a chance meeting through overprotective record label protections in the early 2000s, POS and Underoath have been fast friends ever since, so it’s not surprise that a friendship fostered around the time You’re Only Chasing Safety would beget a surprise visit by one of the twin cities’ finest. It may not necessarily have been what the semi-aged audience of that evening had been expecting, but POS quickly won them over with his smooth flow and effortless stage charisma. Infusing his hip hop with a bit of hardcore energy, POS’ vocal delivery at times leaned towards screaming, his roots as a punk and hardcore musician shining through in his electric set. A later feature for two songs by Dwynell Roland - whom POS had recently released the RELAY collab with - kept the set dynamic and fun, with a live rendition of “Relay” achieving what you would have to admit was an impressive amount of crowd participation.

Leeds post-hardcore outfit Static Dress followed up after that and turned things quite a bit more into the rock-oriented direction. The 4 piece, led up by the bombastic and bounding Olli Appleyard - got heads banging right out the gate with “Disposable Care” - and kept their foot on the peddle for their whole half our set, anonymous guitarist Contrast laying down riffs that sounded equally at home in 2024 and 2004, setting a sharp and turning stage to let Olli belt his heart around every single square foot of space he had on the stage to work with. The band rolled through a choice selection of some of their most popular hits, including closing out the set with “clean.” - an incredible and too-short-lived set by one of post-hardcores most exciting up and coming acts.

A short wait later, and Aaron Gillespie took the stage, taking a seat on the couch set at the raised center of the elaborate, lamp-bestrewn stage as he crooned out the lyrics alone to the final song on They’re Only Chasing Safety, “Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape”. His silhouette lit by several of the table lamps, a warm fluorescent glow gently lighting him as he sang his heart out, set the stage for an incredibly emotional set to come. From here, Spencer Chamberlain entered the stage to a blast of light and sound as they ripped into “Young and Aspiring”, following the order of TOCS from there, with brief interludes to address the crowd and talk about the history of the band - as well as the history with POS, whom they met when he had sampled them in the mid 2000s.

Chamberlain was emotional speaking about the album, but especially speaking about the immense gratitude the band has for its fans, acknowledging that their storied 20 year existence is due entirely to the commitment and excitement their fans have for them to this day. So it was for them that as the last notes rang out to “I’m Content With Losing”, the band said they would move on to some other songs - and after a short intermission, fired into a laser-accentuated rendition of “Teeth” and playing a few cuts off fan favorite Define the Great Line, including night closer “Writing on the Walls”, with every song they announced evincing a chorus of appreciation and screams of recognition as every fan got ready to sing along every single word Spencer could sing or scream.