Alright, well thanks, Mike, for pointing out that you are one of the lucky few that get a gig in your area, and refusing now SEVERAL requests to post anything about it. Nice job, man.
Aww, lol. My bad -- it's been a hectic couple of days. Well, like I said, I was kinda disappointed by the turnout first and foremost. I counted about 75 people in attendance toward the end of the FW set. I even have multiple FW friends from Long Island that were no-shows. I feel like the band deserves better, so I was a little bummed, especially considering Theories of Flight was such a strong album for them. It might be due to the fact that they are playing multiple shows in the same area (for example, their three NY/NJ shows are all within like an hour or two of each other.) I heard last night's show in Annapolis was a full house. I'm also going to the NYC show tonight, so we'll see how that goes crowd-wise. The band sounded terrific though. I give them credit for putting on a great show despite the small crowd. They played four songs from the new album: From the Rooftops, Seven Stars, SOS, and Light and Shade. The rest of the setlist was as expected: The Eleventh Hour, Monument, One, Firefly, etc.
Hmm, let me think of what else they said during the meet and greet. I'm usually nervous during the M&G and say stupid stuff. This time though, I made sure to take a moment to thank them for their music from the bottom of my heart and tell them how meaningful their music is to me. I said FW music "feels like home" and is always so comforting to me. They thanked me and acknowledged that even though their fanbase is small, the fans they do have are really diehard and they appreciate it. I also told them I think the "SOS" video is the best one they've made, I told Mike Abdow that his solo in "White Flag" is killer and they should be playing that song live, and I told Jim I enjoyed his guitar work in the new Chroma Key song.
Also, there were multiple shirts available for sale. There's a cool maroon-colored Theories of Flight shirt that I bought (band shirts are often black, so the color caught my eye), as well as a black ToF shirt and a grey long-sleeved ToF shirt. They also had a Still Life (their live album from the 1990s) shirt, which was unexpected, so I might pick that one up too. There were one or two others, I think.
And here's a video of them performing SOS that I shot during soundcheck in Wantagh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_HvR3V2YbA