Our Last Night Makes it to the Sunrise on their Final Tour

Our Last Night blurred the line between metalcore and pop cover extraordinare during their Houston Final Tour stop.

Well, Houston, looks like it truly is Out Last Night. Yes, the band, but also, Space City’s last time seeing them. 

No, they’re not breaking up. As clarified in a Facebook post announcing the tour, the band will still be doing covers and putting out new music every now and then. However, the days of touring are over. 

An explosive start

Our Last Night pulled out all the stops for their final tour. Fans were primed and waiting following opening sets from Grayscale and Windwalkers within Houston’s House of Blues. Finally, the house lights went down. “Country Roads,Take Me Home” played over the speakers as people rushed to balance snacks and drinks to their seats. Recordings of the band members followed, clips from the beginning to the announcement of their final tour. The band burst onto the stage before anyone could get sentimental, eager to kick off the party with a heavier cover of Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True.”

Critics and casual listeners alike have heaped plenty of heat on Our Last Night. Their ‘covercore’ success traces back top astronomical views on their YouTube channel starting around 2014, leaving a wrong taste in some mouths. However, the people in the stands were going absolutely insane. That’s saying a lot coming from someone who’s closing in on nearly 1,000 concerts under their belt. 

Our Last Night injected more hype into “Astronaut in the Ocean:” by Matt Wolf. People jumped out of their seats like it was an EDM festival, not helped at all by C02 canons blasting streams of mist in the air at the beat drop. 

Something for everyone

The faces in the crowd were diverse, ranging from early 20s to mid-40s at a glance. However, a  lot of alternative-looking couples seemed to have brought their children. They screamed along with just as much enthusiasm as their parents. Even after 21 years,  Our Last Night’s fanbase has continued to grow. 

“How many of you guys have seen our band live before?” lead singer Trevor Wentworth asked. House lights came on, displaying hands upon hands upon hands on the floor and menezine. “Amazing. How many of you guys are seeing us for the very first son of tonight?” What seemed to be just as many hands went up the second time. 

“It might be the final tour, what we’re celebrating tonight, so you guys gotta lose your minds,” Trevor Wentworth said. “Are you with me? All right, let’s keep this party going. This one is called “Buried Alive.”

Formed in New Hampshire in 2004, Our Last Night paid their dues the traditional way, making the rounds in their local scene with nothing more than a post-hardcoe EP titled We’ve Been Holding Back and a pretty sick MySpace page. Although “Buried Alive”is a more recent track, it clearly managed to keep their fans engaged, if reaction is anything to go by. 

Currently, the band features Tim Molloy on drums, Sean Everette as the touring bassist and Matt Wentworth on guitar. The two brothers have known each other for all their lives, toured together for years, yet still manage to keep discovering each other.

Kpop??

“I recently learned something about him and it blew my mind,” Trevor Wentworth said.

“It’s crazy that I hid this from you for all these years,” Matt Wentworth retorted. 

“This man,” Trevor Wentworth said, pointing a fringe in a way only an older brother can, “loves Kpop.”

The room erupted in more screams one might expect. Trevor Wentworth explained that when they both realized they enjoyed the genre after being introduced to it by their children, they decided to give it a try. So they ventured into a Saja Boys cover, just to see how it would fit. Like a glove, if you ask fans. 

The crowd’s energy was undeniable. Grown metalheads who might scoff at radio pop in the daylight hours found themselves roaring along to “STAY” by The Kid LAROI. Personally, I found Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” to be a major highlight, having always found the cover to be one of their tightest and most interesting. 

The end of the night brought out some deep cuts from Our Last Night’s catalogue as well as very funny visuals of a child in the audience trying to sing GAYLE’s “abcdefu” at an angle that her parents wouldn’t see. However, the emotional peak for the band came with “Iris,” their cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ classic. Frontman Trevor Wentworth admitted it’s his favorite song to perform, and the crowd’s roar of recognition nearly drowned out his vocals. 

The set closed with an encore of fan favorite “Sunrise,” performed under a shower of confetti and auburn lights. The night felt like a time capsule of internet culture turned communal catharsis, where no guilty pleasure was off-limits and every fan got exactly what they came for.