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The Faint last appeared before a hometown audience on Halloween. On Dec. 30, the band played a slightly altered set list of its "Capsule" best-of concert.
The Faint took the stage past 11 p.m. after two opening acts. The first two performers were among The Faint's best openers yet: Closeness, The Faint vocalist Todd Fink's new side project, and the entertaining Plack Blague, billed as America's Leather Band from Lincoln, Nebraska.
The crowd was already in the mood to party when The Faint took the stage. All the highlights that fans were expecting were there in the remixed show. The band opened in dramatic fashion with "The Conductor" and gained steam as the set list of new-new wave went on.
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| All photos by Christopher Windle. |
The crowd cheered for the old songs as well as the new, some dancing with abandon for recent single "Young & Realistic," one of the band's best efforts yet. The audience reaction was only appropriate for a band that displays so much energy on stage themselves.
For the encore, there was a new year's surprise, which the band decided to play as a practice run for the next night's New Year's Eve show and dance party. The band launched into Prince's "1999," the music matching nearly note for note with the original, though Fink dropped part of a verse. The crowd went bonkers for the celebratory tribute to the '80s icon.
But the excitement only built after that, as the band ended the show with "Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat," "Paranoiattack," and "Glass Danse." It was a great way to close out the year for the band who has been on tour promoting an album featuring its best songs from its 20-year career.
