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[ALT ROCK] Blue October’s brand of alternative rock has never been rigidly fenced in, featuring growling rockers alongside heart-on-your-sleeve ballads, and straight-up, Slim-Shady-style rap verses. Their eclectic mix of post-grunge is marked by the emotive and (often) painfully expressive songwriting prowess of frontman, Justin Furstenfeld. Whether he’s bringing his bipolar disorder to light through driving rockers as in Consent to Treatment, or reflecting on a newfound confidence in life as in the hymn-like “Breath, It’s Over”—which sounds like it should be the closer on Pink Floyd’s The Wall (after the wall comes down)—they do so with an unparalleled conviction that never misses a beat. Catch Blue October at the Rapids Theatre on Thursday, May 7.