Walking into the Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, March 23, was like traveling back in time. One glance at the crowd with their eyeliner, dyed hair and Vans, you might think it was 2005 again. And for just for a night, as Armor For Sleep performed their landmark album What To Do When You Are Dead, it was.

Hellogoodbye started the travels back in time with their infectious power pop, though they saved their oldest songs for last. Vocalist Forrest Kline began the set solo on his acoustic guitar for the first few songs and was later joined on stage by guitarist and keyboardist Augustine Rampolla. After playing songs from their later records S’Only Natural and Everything Is Debatable, they ended the evening with two hits from their 2006 debut album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, but with a twist — Kline sang a Spanglish rendition of “Here (In Your Arms)”. Though the crowd at first couldn’t figure out the lyrics, they nonetheless enjoyed it, laughing and dancing their way through and joining in singing when Kline switched to English. Finally towards the end after Kline prompted “come on, you know it now, the crowd chanted “Aquí en tus abrazos”. Following “Here (In Your Arms)” Hellogoodbye ended their set with the catchy anthem “Touchdown Turnaround (Don’t Give Up On Me)”, during which Kline danced his way off the stage and into the crowd. The tightly packed crowd gleefully parted ways for Kline as he twirled and frolicked around the venue floor.

While Hellogoodbye got the crowd dancing, the next act, Boys Night Out, got the crowd moshing. It was an interesting juxtaposition going from cheery power pop to straight up 2000s emo, but I think for those of us that lived through the 2000s MySpace era of music, with our iPods constantly on shuffle, the genre switching makes sense. Boys Night Out is one of those bands I had occasionally listened to back in the day, but then promptly forgot about after they faded out in the late 2000s. After reuniting last year for Furnace Fest with a completely new line-up apart from vocalist Connor Lovat-Fraser this is their first tour back. And while one might feel hesitant about the only remaining band member from the early days being Lovat-Kraser, it was clear based on his performance he has maintained the same spirit. I was impressed with his vocals — going from clean singing to such harsh screams is no easy feat and he did it well.

After Boys Night Out firmly planted us in the 2000s with hits from Make Yourself Sick, Trainwreck and their self-titled album,  Armor For Sleep solidified the year as 2005 with their full album play through of What To Do When You’re Dead. Skipping the first two songs (saving them for their encore, of course), they entered with “Remember To Feel Real”. The crowd immediately joined in on the chorus and for the rest of the evening, didn’t let up. Twice during the evening vocalist Ben Jorgensen said he was moving to Portland, responding to the crowd’s energy. The band exited the stage after “The End of A Fraud” to a round of applause and cheers. Moments later they returned for another round of songs, including what Jorgensen stated was the first song they ever recorded, “Dream To Make Believe”, hits from other albums and their newest single “What A Beautiful World”. The first two songs from What To Do When You’re Dead, “Car Underwater” and “The Truth About Heaven” came at the end. As Jorgensen chanted “Believe the news, I’m gone for good” into the microphone the crowd joined in unison. By the end of the song the sound on Jorgensen’s microphone was all the way down. The crowd was singing so loudly that I don’t think anyone noticed.