The call comes through clear despite a basement line check happening somewhere in the background. Adam Lazzara, the voice that’s soundtracked countless teenage heartbreaks and basement sing-alongs, is catching his breath before Taking Back Sunday’s latest adventure—a co-headlining tour with Coheed and Cambria that stops at Irving’s The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Sept. 10.
“I lived in Tyler, Texas, between our records [2006’s Louder Now] and [2009’s New Again],” Lazzara reveals, his connection to the Lone Star State running deeper than just tour stops. “A lot of the friends and folks that I made then, they’re still friends to this day. There was something about Texas, its attitude or ethos, that just really spoke to me.”
For a band that’s been navigating the emotional landscape of American rock for over two decades, Taking Back Sunday’s relationship with Dallas and Texas feels like a natural homecoming. From their early Warped Tour days to sold-out pavilion shows, the New York natives have found something magnetic about the Texas energy that keeps pulling them back…