{"id":50599,"date":"2025-10-26T22:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T02:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=50599"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:33:33","slug":"sun-room-sinclair-10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/10\/26\/sun-room-sinclair-10-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Room @ Sinclair 10\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography by Annabel Friedman<\/span><\/p>\n

Review by Reaghan Sassower<\/span><\/p>\n

The night started with that kind of restless excitement that only happens before a great show\u2014friends shouting over music between sets, drinks in hand, the crowd inching closer to the stage. The Sinclair was packed tight, the air buzzing with warmth and anticipation as fans waited for Sun Room, the California surf-rock band turning heads across the country. But before the main act hit, the opener, West 22nd, made sure the crowd was already wide awake.<\/span><\/p>\n

West 22nd came out swinging. Their mix of shimmering guitar tones and punchy indie-rock beats instantly filled the room. Each song felt bigger than the last, from the catchy, road-trip feel of their debut album “<\/span>Nowhere to Be<\/span>,”<\/span><\/i> to the heavier moments that showed how tight they\u2019ve become as a live band. Frontman Logan Madsen had the kind of stage presence that makes people pay attention\u2014funny, confident, and clearly having the time of his life. By the time they wrapped their set, the whole crowd was moving. You could tell they\u2019d earned more than a few new fans that night.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then the lights dropped, and the noise rose. When Sun Room walked onstage, the room exploded. The opening riff of \u201cJust Yesterday\u201d hit like caffeine, and suddenly the crowd was one moving, yelling, jumping body. Their surf-rock sound was loud and unpolished in the best way\u2014sunny melodies and sharp guitars that somehow felt perfect in a sweaty Boston venue. \u201cCan\u2019t Explain\u201d and \u201cHate It When You Call\u201d kept the pace wild, the kind of songs that turn standing-room shows into full-body experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the time they tore into \u201cCrashed My Bike,\u201d the pit had opened\u2014a blur of arms and laughter, people jumping together, strangers holding each other up when they fell. It wasn\u2019t violent, just pure energy, that chaotic joy that makes everyone feel like part of the same moment. Luke Asgian leaned into it, smiling between verses and joking about the cold New England weather, saying, \u201cYou\u2019re making it feel like California in here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The crowd roared through \u201cOutta Their Minds\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Cause a Riot,\u201d songs that hit harder live than any recording could capture. Even during slower numbers like \u201cSol Del Sur,\u201d there was a warmth that held the room together\u2014voices low, lights glowing red, everyone catching their breath before diving right back in.<\/span><\/p>\n

At one point, Asgian paused to thank the crowd, talking about how surreal it felt to see so many people across the country singing their lyrics back to them. It was a quick moment, but it grounded the chaos\u2014a reminder that beneath all the noise and motion, there\u2019s something real connecting the band and the fans. The crowd answered back with cheers that felt less like applause and more like gratitude, like everyone knew they were part of something special.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As the night went on, the energy never dipped. The band fed off the crowd\u2019s momentum, and the crowd only got louder in return. You could feel it in the floorboards, in the ringing of ears between songs, in the way people screamed the opening chords before the band even started playing. There was a rare kind of synergy between the stage and the pit\u2014one that made it feel less like a performance and more like a shared release, a collective exhale after the long week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The encore brought it all home. When the band started \u201cFun,\u201d the mosh pit came back twice as strong, the floor bouncing like it might crack. They closed with \u201cOslo, Paris, LA,\u201d guitars ringing out as fans screamed every word.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the lights finally came up, no one was ready to leave. People stood around, grinning, drenched, still shouting about how good it was. Sun Room didn\u2019t just play a set\u2014they turned an ordinary Thursday into a California summer night. With West 22nd\u2019s effortless energy setting the tone and Sun Room\u2019s chaotic surf-rock joy closing it out, this wasn\u2019t just a concert\u2014it was the kind of night that sticks with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photography by Annabel Friedman Review by Reaghan Sassower The night started with that kind of restless excitement that only happens before a great show\u2014friends shouting over music between sets, drinks in hand, the crowd inching closer to the stage. The Sinclair was packed tight, the air buzzing with warmth and anticipation as fans waited for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25371,"featured_media":50613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1895,1525,1523,15,1530],"tags":[140,2574],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50631,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50599\/revisions\/50631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}