The Brave Little Abacus - Last Show @ The Vic Geary Center

[@dxmxne1669]

wish i could've gone to this concert instead of being six years old

[@moneyasusual]

Would give up a year of my lifespan to be there

[@grape9306]

As someone who was there, it warms my heart to know that there are still young people out there that show appreciation for TBLA and the bands that came up with them during this wave of emo. I'm sure you would have loved being there and we would have loved to have you.

[@joem7692]

me too

[@sitheach]

​@@grape9306lol Ur old

[@ardisw]

Hell yes

[@alexesmeralda1713]

imagine being that kid that got to record them with his 3ds

[@charm666]

lmao wtf where is that

[@theoddfox6306]

13:45 the little kid next to ezra

[@taric2133]

oh my god. That is like the perfect addition to how I already felt about this video haha

[@meltedusb7533]

thats honestly a vibe

[@ollietotalgamer]

ahead of his time for real

[@yrantiquebrand]

“Dad, why is my sister’s name Rose?” “Because your mom loves roses” “Thanks dad” “No problem, The Brave Little Abacus - Last Show @ The Vic Geary Center”

[@МихаилЩемелев-к5в]

tfw you get your dad to play with you on your emo band's closing show. How cool is that.

[@collinlopez]

Wasn't his dad on the cover of Just Got Back?

[@thisduckisgoingtokillme]

@@collinlopez yeah i believe that's Adam's the lead singers dad on we just got back

[@classicpinball9873]

Which one is his dad

[@stronkman9157]

@@classicpinball9873 the one drumming on american girl

[@classicpinball9873]

Stroke and nice

[@EyegoreMusic]

For a long time, I always felt like one of those people who was late to discover everything. Always late to the party. I'd find out about a show/film/band/anything long after it was either no longer relevant, or in the least, already been around long enough to be on it's downward decline. It bothered me for awhile. I felt like I'd never had my own moment, in a way. To feel a part of something big as it was current, and as it was taking place. .... But god dammit, I was there for this.

[@kronlund420]

props.

[@theoddfox6306]

I wish I was there. Also props man you now one of the luckiest guys on the internet

[@renancastro4]

you dit it!

[@HauntedHarmonics]

you lucky bastard.

[@BebehCookieIcecream]

No one, no thing, can ever take that away from you. Even though I wasn't there, it's enough for me to know someone who enjoys them as much as I do was. Take care.

[@GoatgutsRecords]

If this was recorded professionally itd be the greatest damn live album ever

[@freindmaker4473]

doesnt need to b recorded professionally, already the best

[@panipxe]

@@freindmaker4473 fishmans not even close to this tbh

[@lukebrennan8405]

@@panipxe deathconciousness pfp 😴🥱

[@jesuschrist3000ADHD]

not a live album but The Denny's Grand Slam >>>

[@dylanlane4043]

@@lukebrennan8405 what do you have against that album lol

[@evan8793-sc]

RIP Matt Aspinwall he's standing on the left edge of the stage

[@collinlopez]

Is he dead?

[@georgeharrison70]

May he RIP.

[@donsteppedinside]

rip

[@prul]

thank you for leaving this comment, i hadnt heard of him so i've just gone through all of his bandcamp projects and he was a genius. really amazing music, wish he was still with us

[@musikalniyfanboichik]

oh my god... rest in peace

[@henloitsdiego]

1:03:05 "... i think it's the best we've ever sounded, i love you guys so much. friends forever?" always gets to me.

[@GraceyHeart90210]

Diego Vera makes me feel like tearing up

[@togir5837]

Diego Vera saw ur comment on the marietta last show vid

[@henloitsdiego]

@@togir5837 shit yeah bud

[@derekarmentrout5498]

I love you Diego

[@henloitsdiego]

@@derekarmentrout5498 MUAH

[@connorchapman1232]

there are literally zero bands with this amount of inventiveness and enthusiasm in my country and it bums me out so much

[@Cemo123321]

Where you from man? England?

[@connorchapman1232]

Ireland, but close

[@jonnyspace50]

at least you had MBV@@connorchapman1232

[@albertocalabrese6575]

Start your own!

[@connorchapman1232]

Happy to report that the Irish music scene has gotten way better recently

[@bysuke-]

His dad plays traditional grip what a classic man. Respect to him.

[@awesomeepiccool]

These guys were something special. Not only in sound, but in character. They’re pioneers of a still majorly unexplored realm of punk and emo music. Love these guys and love everyone who recorded this performance so I can watch it everyday.

[@duzskii]

I can't say they are pioneers in the genre but they literally took the midwest emo to the limit, best indie band ever

[@awesomeepiccool]

@@duzskii def not to the genre as a whole, but pioneering the expansion of emo i guess is what i meant to say haha, anyway im glad you also enjoy tbla, have a good day real emo enjoyer

[@cadencebirdsong]

I’m way late to this band’s existence, but if I had to pick any one moment in history to go back to, it would be this show

[@moneyasusual]

It’s never too late to enjoy them. I know I always will.

[@AlbinWest]

I THINK ILL LEAVE THIS PLACE NOOOOOOOOOOW tears everytime

[@HighClazzPwning]

yooooo dismemberment plan, thats tight

[@Deletedvirus404]

such a great song 😫

[@jonnyspace50]

thanks to the cameramen to taking their attention, concentration, and eyes off the show to let us all see it!

[@pcgamer0106]

i watch this daily to dance around my room, then cry because at some point it stops

[@yttriumblue]

orange blue with stripes?

[@pcgamer0106]

@@yttriumblue something like that

[@ignorethismessage3424]

why can't i find a single comment talking about how cracked of a guitar player adam is? his technicality is insane

[@TheTyUeda]

Man I wish I knew what I was doing when I made this.

[@PuddleBooks]

+Ty Ueda Keep making shit though, this is still a really cool fucken' documentation of them. you'll be on some next level shit if you keep going dogg

[@nealgoldman4397]

fuck you this is perfect. i get to relive one of the best nights of my life whenever i want

[@nublahdough]

Ty Ueda duck you you just earned a subscriber and yes I'm aware it says duck you

[@kronlund420]

@@nealgoldman4397 props.

[@moneyasusual]

I love it man thank you

[@Rosalina102798]

Pile! No Pile! Pile! sounds absolutely beautiful live. It truly is transcendent.

[@753studios6]

This song was my theme when I moved to California at 3am in 2021

[@DownToTruck]

This is one of my favorite pieces of recorded history in the era of Mankind. I wish I were here to see this. Words cannot describe what I feel when I watch this performance. Ty, I cannot thank you enough for capturing this occasion in such quality! It means very much.

[@FifaPRg]

feeling exactly the same way!

[@lemarz8006]

This is such a niche section of the internet but the people who are in it adore so much.. ❤️

[@cammense]

This gives me the same feel as the live recording of Some Kind of Cadwallader by Algernon Cadwallader in that basement where the band is near flooded by the crowd. There's something about emo that envelopes my soul. I wish I could feel that cameraderie sometime.

[@ianhynes4378]

It's of my opinion that if we all vanished one day and this was the only thing left out somewhere in space that proved we existed in this time and place Id say humanity left a good legacy.

[@Pmaisaghost]

I know that I’m very late to the party, but this band has consumed me like no other band has. I heard born again so many times… and I was instantly hooked by the like Mathrock infused emo with a hint of electronica. It was unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. I love this band and I cannot express how grateful I am to be able to watch this show live. The Brave little Abacus forever

[@vitoisverycool]

Fun fact: The man in the album cover of Just Got Back is, in fact, Adam's dad.

[@Jonathan-jc4ef]

Bruh i thought he was the singer

[@vitoisverycool]

@@Jonathan-jc4ef honestly me too lmao

[@nicholasconklin9586]

This is easily the most unqiue, colorful, wonderful band I've ever had the privlage to listen to. To see them live would have been a transcendent experience. I remember the day i first listened to "Just Got Back From Discomfort--We're Okay". I dont listen to a lot of albums that are incredible on my first listen, usually they take time to ripen. But that album was something so unique and jaw-dropping that i listened to it maybe 100 times in a row. I have not heard music anywhere close to what TBLA cane up with in their short but sweet run as a band.

[@moneyasusual]

I had the same experience. I listened to it a hundred times in a row, every day I’d listen to it three times maybe. At first it took some getting used to- and not in a bad way. Kind of like moving into a new home. You know it belongs but it takes time for familiarity. Everything about this band is magic.

[@freindmaker4473]

❤️ the amount of comfort this band has brought me cant be put into words

[@unwownd]

this must have been such a life-affirming experience for all these ppl to have taken part in. so envious

[@togir5837]

hakushi

[@youtub3off1c14l]

andrew ryan really rocking the anthony fantano flannel

[@cms3816]

there are like 50 different dudes in this video rocking the fantano flannel

[@collinlopez]

A man chooses...

[@kraai98]

it's wild that the guy on the the cover of Just Got Back played drums at their last show

[@kailwade7666]

That's the lead singers dad I think.

[@kraai98]

@@kailwade7666Yeah I know, it's a joke

[@classicpinball9873]

I believe it but he just looks completely different than on the album cover damn

[@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709]

I thought you were joking lol

[@jameswasmynamo]

god im so glad this video exists, they were really a special band

[@LikovoAR180]

True

[@GraceyHeart90210]

homygodwtf they just have something about them

[@OdorEaters]

28:42 that song rocks me to my core. I listen to that same song on repeat while I study my final project in undergrad. Thank you for that.

[@iambeepbop2452]

how are you doing?

[@pandabearnoah]

10 years old today. Wish I could see them live.

[@JadenRaso]

Actual best band to ever exist

[@GoldLibrary]

Most underrated band of all time.

[@pippincovington1348]

Not anymore :)

[@Deletedvirus404]

i would do anything just to be there in that room to be apart of this performance. this band means so much to me. thank you for everything.

[@tedorbach3430]

This is the video that made me realize that I wanted to play in a band and do shows. Thanks for this.

[@whateverforevermusic]

All these last show vids make me feel so happy and sad at the same time

[@user-cz6yu1rz5v]

it was lucky to see this live performance. It makes me understand how to feel this band more and more.

[@charm666]

lucky!

[@BrandaoComePanquecas]

I've been watching this video for almost two years and this is probably my most-watched video on KZbin, thank you so much!

[@TheTyUeda]

+Felipe Brandão Thanks Felipe! Glad you enjoy it!

[@solamenteunfuego]

same

[@blakesimpson7641]

I only found this band a couple months ago, and I was only seven when this happened, but I've lived in NH for almost 13 years and this just feels special for some reason

[@shoebill13]

25:47 all the way till the slower section is what makes 45 Minutes To Somewhere Out There on of my favorite musical pieces

[@TokenChineseGuy]

Amazing. What a shame, that I discovered this amazing band 2 years after they broke up :(

[@evan8793-sc]

TokenChineseGuy's Rare Music! most people did. They didnt gain much of a following until years after

[@Raitor33]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

[@mondoburger4998]

They stopped hours ago

[@Raitor33]

@@mondoburger4998 good one

[@ChristianMcAdoo]

one of the best videos on youtube lmao, this had to be soo much fun cause i'm sitting here in my seat jumping around and i wasn't even there

[@TriEdge36]

This was really well recorded. I could definitely see this getting a DVD release.

[@kttyfl1p]

most i've cried in months. music is so so important man

[@dantemovie]

i’m leaving a comment like 2 years after discovering tbla and this video but the brave little abacus means everything to me

[@phoenix-cw8vf]

42:20 michael cera in a disguise stares into your soul

[@fitterrhappierr3289]

Discovered this band last year and they've become one of my favorites. It makes me so sad that I'll never be able to see them live, or hear anything new from them.

[@logangellasch8944]

thank you. been watching this since i was 16. 22 now and still love it. epic sounds epic night

[@zerotoker]

this is seriously the best band ever. long live BLA

[@noiboi5392]

you know when one the players looks like the riddler the mosh gonna go hard

[@solamenteunfuego]

this is unbelievable. a Festivus miracle!

[@dantemovie]

they are really the embodiment of youth

[@valentinpirinpinpin]

que atmosfera mas bella, como se nota el tremendo vinculo que habia en la banda, como el adam sube a su papa al escenario...

[@danielmont6544]

That American Girl cover is so wholesome

[@M_reapr]

The immense sadness i feel when his dad plays with them live and helped them get their equipment. The struggle to live life is quadrupled when you dont have that support. God bless you and your family. A great example of the ideal family.

[@lunamala13]

Holy shit you guys are awesome. Really bummed I didn't know you existed until after your last show. I hope that wherever you are, you're all happy.

[@chefshit9271]

thank you so unbelievably much for preserving this set. i am forever grateful that i can watch this. thank you!

[@narutojaja111]

Thank you for recording this show, this is truly special.

[@nublahdough]

Keep coming back to this 👌🏼

[@togir5837]

truly amazing

[@friedsinger4739]

if only I could've been there man

[@esmeliars]

Friedsinger sighting 😯😯😯

[@friedsinger4739]

@@esmeliars 😮😮

[@moneyasusual]

1:03:05 being the most replayed says everything about BLA fans

[@oscarb.6719]

thank you Ty Ueda

[@flcl5307]

13:40 and 31:00 are truly beautiful and im so glad this was documented

[@user-qk1xt3yb7i]

what songs are they?

[@flcl5307]

@@user-qk1xt3yb7i map of the stars and bug infested floorboards

[@753studios6]

These guys brought a new music perspective to this alt hood kid growing up ,thank you

[@2indie4u]

I'd kill a man in every one of my future lives and serve the rest of my sequential independent eternities in jail just to have seen the Brave Little Abacus play just this one time

[@okumay6372]

2indie4u hey good taste in music my friend

[@aalecmmcgrory930]

man me too

[@letz5464]

...yeah me too

[@nublahdough]

2indie4u well...

[@A_VELO]

Anytime I feel down, I wait that I’m at my lowest point and then I watch this video and I am born again

[@captainsunshine3d]

shoutout to the part in el capitano when andrew gets on bongos and the other guy playing guitar starts playing his bass upside down

[@yttriumblue]

it’s been 12 years, long live brave little abacus ❤ thank you for the most heartfelt music ever

[@henloitsdiego]

i just noticed something; Adam said BLA had been a thing for 4/5 years, and he said that when he was 15 he started taking the band seriously and got a PA because of his dad. was Adam 19-21 at this show? thats incredibly young holy cow

[@TheTyUeda]

They had all been in bands before BLA, and I believe those are the times that he refers to in that story.

[@henloitsdiego]

@jazz baby theres a podcast that adam was on talking about it and yes he was around that age

[@1shyy524]

This truly is the greatest music ever made and there won’t ever be nothing like it again

[@_karll_]

the amount of people wearing flannels in this video is amazing

[@hondamustang7269]

This was hipster fashion being in full swing. I remember flannels being grimey until some of my friends got into Midwest emo in 2010 and all of a sudden we were all wearing flannels lol

[@bankrotz66]

there has to be more live footage of this band out there somewhere.

[@grayavriel]

I wish I could have seen this!!! I don't even feel weird applauding to my laptop in public right now. Great job guys!

[@p0lt3rge15t]

thank you the brave little abacus for everything you made.

[@rosdoritoman9096]

man, the pile! no pile! pile! performance so beautiful...i wish i knew about this band before they broke up :(

[@alisonowl2598]

This is probably my favorite video on the KZbin

[@lordvard7681]

Watched this countless times and just now recognizing the Temple University t-shirt, go owls!

[@henloitsdiego]

here to make my obligatory yearly comment about how much i love this band :)

[@thecooldrawingguy]

That guy at 06:15 with the okumay shirt DAMNNNNN I wonder if there's any in the wild.

[@moneyasusual]

Friends forever?

[@JBlizzyFan]

SOUL

[@tylerdinndeadchannel]

thank u so much for posting this im so thankful i get to witness this moment in way

[@funturtle23]

38:47 wish I could have been there

[@chillwavve]

watching for the millionth time

[@chillwavve]

still watching

[@chillwavve]

still watching for the billionth time since 2012

[@hllow-rt3ot]

are u still watching?

[@chillwavve]

@@hllow-rt3ot i never stopped

[@hllow-rt3ot]

@@chillwavve based

[@fog-8827]

Best video on youtube

[@wiishopwednesdayrecords2959]

Holy fuck im so stupid for never realizing that that was Laura Stevenson singing on the American Girl cover

[@wiishopwednesdayrecords2959]

What'd you use to film this? there's so many beautiful shots and amazing deph of field. Doesn't seem like the most high end camera but you def knew what you were doing

[@TheTyUeda]

BEEFISBURGERS this was shot on a Pentax K-x with a 50mm 1.7 aftermarket lens. Wide open. Still the sharpest lens I’ve ever used. Camera B is a Canon TsomethingI with the kit lens I believe.

[@dogSaysGRRR]

I lvoe this so much

[@Youssef-yj8jq]

i want to go to there

[@andreisidro]

Is that Laura Stevenson?? Wow! Awesome!

[@ApparentlyShane]

One of my favourite videos on the internet. A beautiful moment.

[@nads8506]

you don’t know how much this video means to me

[@Tyzz]

Thank you both for taking the time and effort to attend the concert, film it and then edit it. Means a lot! Hope you had a tremendous time!

[@OVXX666]

god when they said "NOOOOTICE ME" in unison

[@midnightinaperfectworld]

This was 9 years ago. This video makes it feel like it happened last night.

[@moneyasusual]

Every Christmas it feels fresh

[@josefkindasucks]

​@@moneyasusualwhich is funny because that Christmas tree is still there and has been since they first played at Vic Geary lmao

[@moneyasusual]

@@josefkindasucks 🥹

[@moneyasusual]

@@josefkindasucks that actually warm my heart so much

[@Deletedvirus404]

the songs go like dodododododo

[@anthonylucas2622]

Certamente um dos momentos mais lindos da música

[@MiledDingus]

Literally the best band ever

[@MiledDingus]

I would do anything to be here for this

[@teruuuuna]

10 years ago today! also 10 years of okumay!

[@JBlizzyFan]

this is a treasure

[@rabbitguy337]

JBlizzyFan they think that I’m Tom cruise

[@JBlizzyFan]

@@rabbitguy337 lol

[@smashedintopieces000]

This video is so great, I'm glad there was some good footage of them on youtube. Thanks man

[@oskarsiebold71]

i blame my 8 year old self for not being there