Standing outside of the Theatre of Living Arts on December 12, a crowd of freezing teenagers waited patiently for the concert venue’s doors to open. Located on South Street in Western Philadelphia, the site hosted acts of Attack Attack!, Pierce the Veil, Of Mice and Men, In Fear and Faith, and Emmure in their ‘This Is a Family Tour’ on a cold Sunday night. Beginning at 7:30, the entirety of the show lasted about three and a half hours. While the concert itself consisted of five different alternative and screamo bands, the two I was most interested in were the headlining Attack Attack! and Pierce the Veil. Though I was not too familiar with the opening groups, the crowd of sweaty and energetic adolescents who were constantly pushing, moshing, and dancing made their sets extremely enjoyable and memorable. Each of the bands seemed well-prepared and connected with the audience in an especially impressive way. After the three finished their hard-core performances, the lights went out, with only a spotlight roaming over the empty stage as a slow, dreary, haunting musical intro played over the monitors. Pierce the Veil then took the stage and right as the musical tempo picked up, the drummer hit some heavy beats and bright white lights illuminated the stage. The two lead guitarists were perched a-top two separate mountains of amplifiers, and as they strummed along to the musical intro, they moved in synch and to the rhythm of the music. Literally, they were amazingly choreographed in synch down to their jumps and guitar movements. Pierce the Veil started out playing "Bestitos" which is the first track from Selfish Machines, their most recent album. Halfway through their jamming, the band did a musical breakdown of Far East Movement's song "Like a G6" while white strobe lights went off before they kicked into their own song "The Boy Who Could Fly." Though it only lasted for about 30 seconds, but the entire crowd was enthusiastically into it. With their current single,...