An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstance is a DVD that captures just what the title implies. Back in October of 2009, The Lawrence Arms commemorated their 10th anniversary by playing an epic 2 hour show to a sold out audience at The Metro, in their hometown of Chicago. Given TLA’s status as the reigning kings of Midwest punk rock, not to mention the legend of their live shows, you can bet your britches that the anticipation and hype surrounding the event were enormous. Well, long story short, the guys triumphantly obliterated all expectations with a 33 song set list that featured all the hits, as well as a few songs that they’d never performed live before. Naturally, all of this rock was peppered with Brendan’s world famous on-stage banter (which is a show in itself), and topped off with god damn matching outfits!!! It was really something to behold. Luckily, for all those not fortunate enough to attend this mythical event, the entire show was filmed and can now be relived through this DVD. This footage isn’t just some stationary shot from someone’s iPhone either. There were 6 different professional cameramen running around the joint capturing every conceivable angle. Every bit of the audio was mixed by Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes) too, so you know the quality on this thing is choice. Of course, the DVD features plenty of bonus material too, including an equally hilarious and informative band commentary that spans the entire length of the show, footage and interviews with fans, and 5 music videos. Oh, and for those good at hunting “Easter eggs”, there is footage of The Lawrence Arms entire first show(!!!) on there too. Basically, the An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstance DVD is a TLA fan’s wet dream. Yep, we said it.

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