Taking Back Sunday perform new song live at "secret" acoustic show

August 30, 2013

Taking Back Sunday's Adam Lazzara and John Nolan, during a “secret” acoustic show last night at a bar called The Leaky Lifeboat in Seaford, N.Y., performed a new song, potentially titled “The Bird You Cannot Change.” We say potentially because, though Lazzara jokingly suggested the title (and even laughed about how all of the “shitty phone videos will now be titled 'Taking Back Sunday – The Bird You Cannot Change'”), the band do have a history of occasionally letting their joke/filler titles stick- example: “The Best Places To Be A Mom.”

“The Bird You Cannot Change,” or whatever it ends up being called, will presumably appear on the group's upcoming sixth album, which we spoke in depth with them about last month. Taking Back Sunday are currently winding down recording with Mike Sapone in Long Island, and expect to release their new record this spring on Hopeless.

Watch an acoustic rendition of “The Bird You Cannot Change,” captured by YouTube user fishkinyo, below:

Taking Back Sunday are expected to perform additional new material on their fall tour with Transit and Polar Bear Club. Here's a full list of dates, including a handful of pre-tour shows and festival appearances:

Sept 8 – Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, CT &
Sept 11 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ *
Sept 12 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ @
Sept 14 – Riot Fest – Chicago, IL
Oct 11 – Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY ^#
Oct 12 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY ^#
Oct 13 – Water Street Music Hall – Rochester, NY ^#
Oct 14 – Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA ^#
Oct 16 – Stage AE – Pittsburg, PA ^#
Oct 17 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH ^#
Oct 18 – Madison Theater – Covington, KY ^#
Oct 19 – The Castle Theatre – Bloomington, IL ^#
Oct 20 – Orpheum Theatre – Madison, WI ^#
Oct 22 – Wooly's – Des Moines, IA ^#
Oct 23 – Sokol Upstairs – Omaha, NE ^#
Oct 25 – FIT Homecoming 2013 / Downtown – Melbourne, FL
Oct 26 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN ^#
Oct 27 – Iron City – Birmingham, AL ^#
Oct 29 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX ^#
Oct 30 – Cain's Ballroom – Tulsa, OK ^#
Oct 31 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO ^#
Nov 1 – Expo Five – Louisville, KY ^#
Nov 2 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC #%
Nov 3 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC ^%
Nov 5 – The Norva – Norfolk, VA ^#
Nov 6 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD ^#
Nov 7 – The Emporium – Long Island, NY ^#