When Mineral disbanded in 1998 after only releasing two albums (The Power Of Falling and EndSerenading), the Emo scene was still partially underground except for bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and The Get Up Kids. The early 2000’s brought emo to the forefront with Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional before every band that incorporated some kind of lyrics filled with distress or contained a punk or even a pop-punk sound were labeled as such.
In the intreium years, many side projects were created amogst the members including The Gloria Project and Pop Unknown.
When the band announced a reunion tour earlier this year, Mineral fans along the New York City area rejoiced at the news, with all four of their New York Shows selling out as quickly as they were announced. They kicked off their long weekend performing at St. Vitus in Brooklyn Thursday night and played their remaining three shows at The Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan.
Mineral opened up Saturday night with “Five Eight And Ten” which smoothly followed into the angst ridden “Gloria.” Lead singer Chris Simpson embodied the humble persona, thanking fans for coming out to the show but not necessarily going over the top in between songs like many artists tend to do about reuniting.
Although little was said, he let the music speak out for himself, especially as Mineral played “If I Could,” Sounds Like Sunday“ and ”&Serenading.” After briefly leaving the stage, they came back and performed three more songs to the delight of the crowd.
Into It. Over It., a solo project formed by Evan Thomas Weiss and also part of the “Emo Revival” scene, opened for Mineral with a 45 minute set that included tracks such as “Embracing Facts” and “Spinning Thread.”
Mineral finished off their New York leg of the tour Sunday night before heading off to Connecticut Monday night.
