Flyleaf :)

Flyleaf played with 10 Years and Fair to Midland at Showbox Market last night. As on Monday, I missed Fair to Midland's performance. But whereas on Monday, it was because we were hungry and didn't care about Neon Trees, last night, Fair to Midland just started earlier than I expected them to, so we arrived right as they finished up instead of as they were starting.

So we started the night off with 10 Years. They were definitely enjoyable, but the crowd was distractingly rowdy. I'm not a huge fan of mosh pits, and that's what the whole front half of the floor turned into. The band was infectiously energetic, though, which was a nice change of pace from Leto's "All right now everybody jump" from the night before. They managed to get everyone excited without specific instructions, which is what a show should be. My friend decided the bassist could have been less conceited, but I didn't think it detracted from the performance. I rather enjoyed that he used the whole stage.

Then Flyleaf came on stage. The performance was fun. Nothing terribly out of the ordinary. That's not to say it was boring, but there wasn't really anything specific to mention. They did manage to keep the crowd under control, though. I think there was a point where people started moshing again, and Lacey Mosley just asked everyone to move forward so they didn't have room for the moshing.

Pat Seals almost felt like he didn't fit as part of the band. He looks...scarier...than everyone else. But he was also the most entertaining person to watch as a result, although Lacey had a good stage presence, too, what with her amazingly powerful voice and the comparatively small stage (as compared to Neumos).

The "encore" made the concert, though. After Flyleaf finished their set, they left the stage, but no one left the venue. There were chants of "one more song!" and endless cheering. Eventually, some people started trickling out, but a large portion of the crowd stuck around. Lacey and Sameer had to come back out to explain that they don't ever do real encores and weren't expecting to come out, so they had nothing lined up. But of course, they couldn't come back out just to say that and leave, so Lacey and Sameer played us an acoustic song. Pretty sure that was what one would call an "overwhelming crowd response." That encore definitely made ME feel special, anyway :)