BOSTON — Local father and software engineer Evan Froom is reportedly excited to see emo bands Bright Eyes and Cursive perform together, recalling an earlier time in his life when he loved both bands and was emotionally stunted and deeply depressed, confirmed sources.
“When I saw the tour announcement, I was just so thrilled,” Froom explained. “To get both Tim and Conor on the same bill is a dream concert. Everything has been going well for me lately and listening to those bands really takes me back to a time in my life when I was miserable, near suicidal, and just a horrible person to be around. It’s going to be an amazing show. Maybe I’ll even call up an ex-girlfriend and beg her to take me back at two in the morning for old times’ sake.”
Froom’s longtime best friend, Russ Maple, recalled the “Glory Days” of their Bright Eyes and Cursive fandom.
“Back in the summer of 2003, after Evan’s girlfriend dumped him, he barely got out of bed for weeks,” said Maple. “All he would do was listen to the Cursive song ‘After the Movies’ on repeat all day long. Or he would get drunk off Steel Reserve and post Bright Eyes lyrics to his Livejournal. Things just felt simpler back then, before he started exercising and dealing with his issues in an emotionally mature way.”
Wife Melissa Froom expressed support for her husband attending the concert.
“Everything has been going so great for Evan lately,” she explained. “He just got a promotion at work, he has an active social life, our kids are thriving at school, and he has just seemed so happy lately. He could really use some time away to be completely miserable and hopeless again. He’s always talking about how ‘back in the day’ he’d used to smoke cigarettes instead of eating, or how he’d go to parties and he never knew if he’d end up crying, passing out drunk, or both. I know it’s only for one night, but he really deserves one more chance to completely indulge his inner sense of self-hatred.”
As of press time, Froom was disappointed that everybody at the concert was seemingly having a fun time, and Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst was sober and in good spirits.