The All-American Rejects are having the summer of their lives: ‘We are going to savor every bit of it’

The All-American Rejects talk to CNN about the band’s resurgence, which sparked their current House Party Tour that is based on their shared belief that bands don’t need all the frills of a stadium show to give concertgoers a good – and inexpensive – time.

Emo band All-American Rejects are giving us one hell of a summer. The group, who has been playing together for more than twenty years, is on a so-called House Party Tour, popping up in backyards and other unsuspecting locations for impromptu concerts. They may call themselves “rejects,” but the enthused crowds that have turned up at their shows prove they’re far from that. The quartet’s classics – including “Swing Swing,” “Dirty Little Secret,” “Move Along” and, of course, “Gives You Hell” – were on the soundtrack of many a Millennial’s high school mixtape, but these tracks are now appealing to a new generation of young people. Their resurgence sparked the band’s current tour, based on their shared belief that music acts may not need all the frills of a stadium show to give concertgoers a good, and inexpensive, time. You just need good music, youthful energy… and a big backyard, apparently. “The live experience, the communal experience of watching something live on the floor is, I think it’s coming back in every aspect of art,” lead singer and bassist Tyson Ritter told CNN in a recent interview about the band’s upcoming performance at San Diego Comic-Con’s Fandom party this week. “What’s great is to be able to play shows and to be not too old to still pull them off.”