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[ATTENDED: May 19, 2025] Sleeping with Sirens

My kids both really like Pierce the Veil and I got into them as well.  So when they played the GA stage at the Mann Center, I got tickets for all three of us.

The Mann Center is a great venue, but if you go there at the wrong time, the traffic can really suck.  And when the show starts at 6:30, there’s really no way we were going to arrive for all of the bands.

I was looking forward to seeing Daisy Grenade, but we missed them entirely.  Social Casualty says of them:

Female alt-pop, bubble grunge duo Daisy Grenade is led by Dani Nigro and Keaton Whittakker. They aspire to make diary-entry-like songs, bringing you through the growing pains of being a woman in today’s society. With raw emotions, wrapped up with femininity as a weapon, and a theatrical touch on top, they’re turning bubble grunge into something catchy and sharp with a side of something sweet.

So yea, that was a bummer to miss them. But we did arrive in plenty of time to see Sleeping with Sirens. 

This was my first time taking advantage of the Skyline Stage’s ADA section.  It’s off to the side and a little further back than I like, but given the crowd and the uneven terrain, I thought it would be smart if only for the opener.

I didn’t think I knew Sleeping with Sirens at all and I don’t, although singer Kellin Quinn appears on a Pierce the Veil song (he sings the really high pitched vocal part that I like so much).  The rest of the band is Justin Hills on bass, Nick Martin on rhythm guitar, touring member Tony Pizzuti on lead guitar, and Matty Best on drums.

I feel like I went into this show not liking them–like my kids had told me they didn’t like them.  But they sound a lot like PTV and I think if you like Quinn’s voice there’s only good things to like about the band.

They had an electric stage presence and the crowd was really receptive.  They played an acoustic song which the crowd really liked.

I don’t really remember too many details from their set, but they rocked hard and they were a great prep for the headliners.

Ø Complete Collapse (2022)
⇔ How It Feels to be Lost (2019)
œ Madness (2015)
∞ If You Were a Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack EP (2012)
¥ Let’s Cheer to This (2011)
♣ With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear (2010)