Tuffy’s Music Box Presents: You Blew It! Keep Doing What You’re Doing 10 Year Anniversary    Sanford, FL at Tuffy’s Music Box & Lounge Friday, December 6, 2024 TICKETS ON SALE: Friday, September 13th @ 10 am https://www.ticketweb.com/event/you-blew-it-keep-doing-tuffys-music-box-tickets/13873123 DOORS: 8:00 PM SHOWTIME : 9:00 PM AGES: AGES: 18+ | $5 Surcharge at the door under 21 More about You Blew It! After Orlando, Florida’s You Blew It released an album called Grow Up, Dude in 2012, it would’ve been standard practice for them to disappear. They’d made a hallmark emo record – a feat that historically guaranteed the end of a project as much as it did its being revered forever. The trend makes sense – this was the sound of bottled youth, a relic from a time after adolescence and before adulthood, unflinchingly earnest and covered in sweat. It was music made for the spaces it occupied – house shows that were all crash cymbals ricocheting off of untreated walls, friends barrelling on top of friends to yell in unison through a blown-out PA. Grow Up, Dude sounded exactly like that, and was arguably one of the best among the genre for it. How could one ever grow beyond these circumstances and expect to retain this magic?   In 2014, You Blew It confidently answered with Keep Doing What You’re Doing. I hit play on “Match & Tinder” and still can’t believe it – they bested themselves with bases loaded. I smile to think of that song’s intro stirring a crowd into a frenzy, the crush of bodies being summoned to the front of the stage, the guitar just before singer Tanner Jones’ first lines come in sounding like a public alarm clock. The band was writing for an audience that reacted inches away, and stepping into high fidelity only broadened and amplified their energy. In a musical moment where genius felt as much a product of blissful naivete as it did calculation, You Blew It showed they could carry a fire beyond their initial spark – and what’s more, so many of their peers were doing the same. The twenty-teens were an era of emo bands communally setting a new precedent, making thoughtful, considered developments all while retaining the vitality that made them so special in the first place.    Address: 200 Myrtle Ave, Sanford, FL 32771 www.TuffysMusicBox.com **We are committed to making our venue accessible to all patrons. Our facility meets all Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, including accessible entrances and restrooms. Reserved tables are an upgrade subject to availability. If you have specific accessibility needs or requests, please don't hesitate to contact us in advance of your visit, or alert one of our staff members, and we will do our best to accommodate you.**